Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Mortals awake with angels join
Topic: The Incarnation of Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 96
Page Number: 081, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMortals, awake, with angels join;
And sound the solemn lay;
Joy, love, and gratitude combine,
To hail th' auspicious day.
In heav'n the rapturous song began,
And sweet seraphic fire
Thro' all the shining regions ran,
And strung and tun'd the lyre.
Swift thro' the vast expanse it flew,
And loud the echo roll'd;
The theme, the song, the joy was new;
'Twas more than heav'n could hold.
Down thro' the portals of the sky,
Th' impetuous torrent ran;
And angels flew with eager joy,
To bear the news to man.
Wrapt in the silence of the night,
Lay all the eastern world,
When bursting, glorious heav'nly light,
The wondrous scene unfurl'd.