New hymn: "Come, Let Us Rise and Sing God's Praises" & New Hymn Tune: POST OAK

I recently composed a new hymn tune, (which I’ve named POST OAK for the street we live on), for a metrical Psalm setting for a Sunday service at St. Bartholomew’s. The tune garnered good feedback from both musicians in the loft and parishioners. The meter of the tune is 9.9.8.8.8.8 for which very few texts exist with which I could pair the tune. So… I took the liberty to adapt a Charles Wesley text, “Come, Let Us With Our Lord Arise” to this rather obscure meter, for which few texts exist, keeping the basic form and thought of the original but updating some language, and adding a doxological forth verse. I’ve used the first three verses as our Sequence hymn the past few weeks, and the new 4th verse as our Presentation Hymn (the congregation stands and sings as the ushers take the offering to the front).

Here is Wesley’s original text:

1. Come, let us with our Lord arise,
our Lord who made both earth and skies,
who died to save the world he made
and rose triumphant from the dead;
he rose, the prince of life and peace,
and stamped the day for ever his.

2. This is the day the Lord hath made
that all may see his love displayed,
may feel his resurrection’s power
and rise again to fall no more,
in perfect righteousness renewed
and filled with all the life of God.

3. Then let us render him his own,
with solemn prayer approach the throne,
with meekness hear the gospel word,
with thanks his dying love record;
our joyful hearts and voices raise
and fill his courts with songs of praise.

And here is my adaption with the new 4th verse:

1. Come, let us rise and sing God’s praises,
Creator of the earth and heavens;
who died to save the world He made,
and rose triumphant from the grave;
ascended, living Prince of Peace,
and claimed this day forever His.



2. This is the day the Lord God fashioned
that all may see His love emblazoned,
feel now His resurrection power,
and rise again, to fall no more,
in perfect righteousness restored,
and filled with all the life of God.

3. Offer to God the praises due Him,
in prayer approach the throne of Heaven,
eagerly hear the gospel Word,
His love, in Wine and Bread, record
with thanks; let joyful voices raise,
and fill His courts with ceaseless praise.

4. To Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Creator, Savior, Sanctifier,
give glory, honor, thanks, and praise,
One Unity, Ancient of Days;
King of All Kings, the Prince of Peace,
Spirit of Love, blessed Trinity. Amen.

The hymn is set for unison voices and organ (or piano) accompaniment. [Click here] to download the pdf score. I’ve also written a reharmonization and descant for the final verse as an option. [Click here] to download the pdf score.

You are free to use this hymn in public worship services free of charge. If you report to CCLI, please include this use, but if you don’t its not required to use. If you use this hymn, please let me know how it is received by your congregation.

If you’d like a higher resolution version, or melody line only in .tiff to print in your service bulletin, I’ll gladly email those to you.

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