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Text:Prisoners of Hope, Arise
Author (attributed to):Charles Wesley
Tune:DIADEMATA
Composer:George Job Elvey
Media:MIDI file

5677. Prisoners of Hope, Arise

1. Prisoners of hope, arise,
and see your Lord appear;
Lo! on the wings of love He flies,
and brings redemption near;
Redemption in His blood
He calls you to receive:
Look unto Me, the pardoning God.
Believe, He cries, believe!

2. The reconciling word,
we thankfully embrace;
Rejoice in our redeeming Lord,
a blood besprinkled race.
We yield to be set free;
Thy counsel we approve;
Salvation, praise, ascribe to Thee,
and glory in Thy love.

3. Jesus, to Thee we look,
till saved from sin’s remains;
Reject the inbred tyrant’s yoke,
and cast away his chains.
Our nature shall no more
over us dominion have;
By faith we apprehend the power
which shall forever save.

Text Information
First Line: Prisoners of hope, arise
Title: Prisoners of Hope, Arise
Author (attributed to): Charles Wesley (1749)
Meter: SMD
Language: English
Source: Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1749
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DIADEMATA
Composer: George Job Elvey (1868)
Meter: SMD
Incipit: 11133 66514 32235
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1868
Copyright: Public Domain



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