Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Awake my tongue thy tribute bring
Topic: God/Perfections
Writer: John Needham
Composer: John Hatton
Meter: LM
Tune: Duke Street
Hymn Number: 1
Page Number: 003, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAWAKE, my tongue, thy tribute bring,
To him who gave thee power to sing;
Praise him who is all praise above,
The source of wisdom and of love.
How vast his knowledge! how profound!
A deep where all our thoughts are drowned;
The stars he numbers, and their names.
He gives to all those heavenly flames.
Thro' each bright world above, behold
Ten thousand thousand charms unfold;
Earth, air, and mighty seas combine
To speak his wisdom all divine.
But in redemption, O what grace!
Its wonders, O what thought can trace!
Here wisdom shines forever bright;
Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight.