ARISE AFRICA

Arise Africa

Arise Africa  To your destiny and purpose  Hear God’s clarion call  To harbour the King and His Kingdom  Like you once did against Herod’s sword  But now against the darkness  That has engulfed your land and beyond

Arise to a new day  From the clutches of the past  From the shackles of the present  And the trepidation of the future  Sing a new song of freedom  He is faithful that promised  To restore your lost glory

Arise Africa  Let your sprawling cathedrals  Overflow to the highways and hedges  And your godly influence  To homes, governments, workplaces and communities  Let His kingdom reign  Among those that bear His name

Arise, dear Africa  Let your priests stand in the gap  And your kings exercise dominion  Let your sons and daughters at home and in Diaspora  Think of you above their very lives  Let each become an agent of change  And usher in a renewal

Arise now, Africa  Let your light bearers stand against the prevailing darkness  With the endurin godly culture  Prescribing and implementing divine solutions  That will astound the heathen  Daring to disciple the nations  As manifested sons of God

Arise, O Africa  Let your great men rebuild the ancient ruins  Let them repair the broken walls  And restore the age-old foundations  Where the poor, orphan and widow rejoice  Then will you be like a watered garden  And your night like noonday