Hymn: Arise, my soul, with rapture rise
- Title:
- First Line: Arise, my soul, with rapture rise
- Hymnal: Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: Remsen & Haffelfinger
- Publication Date: 1871
Author(s)
- Author Name: Samuel Francis Smith
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1895
- Gender: M
Full Text
1 Arise, my soul, with rapture rise, And, fill'd with love and fear, adore The awful Sovereign of the skies, Whose mercy lends me one day more. 2 And may this day, indulgent Power, Not idly pass, nor fruitless be; But may each swiftly-flying hour Still nearer bring my soul to Thee. 3 But can it be? That Power Divine Is throned in light's unbounded blaze; And countless worlds and angels join To swell the glorious song of praise. 4 And will He deign to lend an ear, When I, poor sinful mortal, pray? Yes, boundless goodness! He will hear, Nor cast the meanest wretch away. 5 Then let me serve Thee all my days, And may my zeal with years increase; For pleasant, Lord, are all Thy ways, And all Thy paths are paths of peace.