African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#171

171. The Sun of Righteousness

1 The Sun of Righteousness appears
To set in blood no more;
Adore the Scatterer of your fears,
Your rising Sun adore.

2 The saints, when He resigned His breath,
Unclosed their sleeping eyes;
He breaks again the bonds of death;
Again the dead arise.

3 Alone the dreadful race He ran,
Alone the wine-press trod;
He dies and suffers as a man;
He rises as a God.

4 In vain the stone, the watch, the seal
Forbid an early rise
To Him who breaks the gates of hell,
And opens paradise.

Text Information

• First Line: The Sun of Righteousness appears
• Title: The Sun of Righteousness
• Author: Samuel Wesley, Jr., 1691-1739
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Matthew 28:2
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Resurrection; Jesus: Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: ARLINGTON
• Composer: Thomas A. Arne, 1710-1778
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Lower key (F), No. 169