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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Awake our souls away our fears (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Awake our souls away our fears

Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts

Writer: <no first name given> Watts

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 856

Page Number: 504, 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.



True, 't is 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.