Arise, Arise, the Morning Bells

Winner of ChoralArt's 2019 New England Carol Contest.

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First performance: Dec. 7-8, 2019, Portland, ME by ChoralArt Singers, Robert Russell, Artistic Director.

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Score available for purchase through MusicSpoke.

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Text by H. R. Haweis:

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Arise, arise, the morning bells

Ring out the hymn of gladness;

Raise high the song of Paradise,

And cease the strain of sadness.

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For Christ the Way, and Christ the Truth,

And Christ the Life is born today.

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Farewell, farewell the night of sin,

Farewell the sleep of sorrow;

He who was with us in the past,

Shall be with us tomorrow.

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For Christ the Way, and Christ the Truth,

And Christ the Life is born today.

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Roll on, roll on the tide of praise,

Faint hearts break out in singing;

Lift up your heads, rejoice, rejoice,

These Christmas bells are ringing.

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For Christ the Way, and Christ the Truth,

And Christ the Life is born today.