Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: My drowsy powers why sleep ye so
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 21
Page Number: 026, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Awake, my sluggish soul;
Nothing has half thy work to do,
Yet nothing's half so dull.
The little ants, for one poor grain,
Labor, and tug, and strive;
Ye we, who have a heav'n t' obtain,
How negligent we live!
Lord, shall we live so sluggish still,
And never act our parts?
O shed abroad thy love, and fill
Our languid, waiting hearts!
Then shall our active spirits move;
Upward our souls shall rise;
With hands of faith and wings of love,
We'll fly and take the prize.