Arise, O Christian People

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Arise, O Christian people!

Author: Valentin Thilo; Translator: Arthur T. Russell
Tune: AUS MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE
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1 Arise, O Christian people!
Prepare yourselves today;
prepare to greet the Savior,
who takes your sins away.
To us by grace alone
the truth and light were given;
the promised Lord from heaven
to all the world is shown.

2 Prepare the way before him;
prepare for him the best;
cast out what would offend him,
this great, this heav'nly guest.
Make straight, make plain the way:
the lowly valleys raising,
the heights of pride abasing,
his path all even lay.

3 The humble heart and lowly
God raises up on high;
beneath his feet in terror
the haughty soul shall lie.
The heart sincere and right,
that heeds God's invitation
and makes true preparation —
it is the Lord's delight.

4 Prepare my heart, Lord Jesus;
turn not from me aside,
and help me to receive you
this blessed Advent-tide.
From stall and manger low
come now to dwell within me;
I'll sing your praises gladly
And forth your glory show.

Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #310

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Author: Valentin Thilo

Thilo, Valentin, son of Valentin Thiel or Thilo [born Jan. 2, 1579, at Zinten, became diaconus of the Altstadt Church in 1603, and died of the pestilence at Königsberg in 1620], diaconus of the Altstadt Church in Königsberg, was born at Königsberg, April 19, 1607. He matriculated in 1624 at the University of Königsberg as a student of theology, but devoted himself more especially to the study of rhetoric. When the Professor of Rhetoric, Samuel Fuchs, retired in 1632, he recommended Thilo as his successor. The post was, at Thilo's desire, kept open for two years, during which he pursued his studies at the University of Leyden. On returning to Königsberg, he graduated M.A. there on April 20, 1634, and was thereafter installed as Professo… Go to person page >

Translator: Arthur T. Russell

Arthur Tozer Russell was born at Northampton, March 20, 1806. He entered S. John's College, Cambridge, in 1824, took the Hulsean Prize in 1825, and was afterwards elected to a scholarship. He was ordained Deacon in 1829, Priest in 1830, and the same year was appointed Vicar of Caxton. In 1852, he was preferred to the vicarage of Whaddon. In 1863, he removed to S. Thomas', Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, and in 1867, to Holy Trinity, Wellington, Salop. He is the editor and author of numerous publications, among them several volumes of hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Arise, O Christian people!
Title:	Arise, O Christian People
Author:	Valentin Thilo
Translator:	Arthur T. Russell
Meter:	7.6.7.6.6.7.7.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain