Arise, and shine with borrow’d rays,
Bright in reflected lustre shine,
Thy light is come, the Sun of grace
Appears in majesty divine,
Jesus, that uncreated Sun
Is risen, on his church to stay,
To make through thee his glory known,
The glory of eternal day.
Arise, and shine with borrow’d rays
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.”—[Isa.] lx. 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 451.
Publishing: Public Domain