Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Awake my soul to joyful lays
Topic: Christ/Leader
Writer: Samuel Medley
Composer: Christian Lyte
Meter: LM
Tune: Loving Kindness
Hymn Number: 617
Page Number: 227, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAWAKE, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing the great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me:
His loving kindness, O how free!
He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate;
His loving kindness, O how great!
Though num'rous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along;
His loving kindness, 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!