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Hymn: Awake our souls away our fears (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Awake our souls away our fears

Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune: Rothwell

Hymn Number: 630

Page Number: 230, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Awake, our souls; away, our fears;

Let every trembling thought be gone;

Awake and run the heavenly race,

And put a cheerful courage on,

And put a cheerful courage on.



True, 'tis a straight and thorny road,

And mortal spirits tire and faint;

But they forget the mighty God,

Who feeds the strength of every saint;



The mighty God, whose matchless power

Is ever new and ever young,

And firm endures, while endless years

Their everlasting circles run.



From thee, the overflowing spring,

Our souls shall drink a full supply;

While those who trust their native strength,

Shall melt away, and droop, and die.



Swift as an eagle cuts the air,

We'll mount aloft to thine abode;

On wings of love our souls shall fly,

Nor tire amid the heavenly road.