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8405. Zion, Awake, Thy Strength Renew (Zion Awake, Behold the Day)

1 Zion, awake, thy strength renew,
Put on thy robes of beauteous hue;
And let th’admiring world behold
The King’s fair daughter clothed in gold.

2 Church of our God, arise and shine,
Bright with the beams of truth divine!
Then shall thy radiance stream afar,
Wide as the heathen nations are.

3 Gentiles and kings thy light shall view:
All shall admire and love thee, too;
Shall come like clouds across the sky,
Or doves that to their windows fly.

Text Information
First Line: Zion, awake, thy strength renew
Title: Zion, Awake, Thy Strength Renew (Zion Awake, Behold the Day)
Author: William Shrubsole
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Evangelical Magazine, 1796
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT by James W. Elliott, HESPERUS by Henry Baker, MENDON, German tune arranged by Samuel Dyer
Tune Information
Name: BEER-SHEAN
Composer: Lowell Mason (1839)
Meter: LM
Key: C Major
Source: The Modern Psalmist (Boston: John H. Wilkins & Richard B. Carter, 1839)
Copyright: Public Domain



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