Branch of Jesse’s stem, arise,
And in our nature grow,
Turn our earth to paradise,
By flourishing below:
Bless us with the Spirit of grace
Immeasurably shed on thee,
Pour on all the faithful race
The streaming deity.
Branch of Jesse’s stem, arise
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots, &c.”—[Isa.] xi. 1. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 383.
Publishing: Public Domain