Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Awake my soul in joyful lays
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Loving-Kindness
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 027, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAwake, my soul in joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving kindness, O how free!
His loving kindness, loving kindness,
His loving kindness, O how free!
He saw me ruin'd in the fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving kindness, O how great!
His loving kindness, loving kindness,
His loving kindness, O how great!
Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving kindness O how strong!
His loving kind-ness, loving kindness,
His loving kind-ness, O how strong!
When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gather'd thick and thunder'd loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving kindness, O how good!
Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my Saviour to depart;
But though I have him oft forgot,
His loving-kindess changes not.
Soon I must pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
Oh! May my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death.
Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright worlds of endless day:
And sing with rapture and surprise
His loving-kindness in the skies.