Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Awake my soul to meet the day
Topic: Morning Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 191
Page Number: 184, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAwake, my soul, to meet the day,
Unfold thy drowsy eyes;
And burst the pond'rous chain that loads
Thine active faculties.
God's guardian shield was round me spread,
In my defenceless sleep;
Let him have all my waking hours,
Who doth my slumbers keep.
I for this hour must give account,
Before God's awful throne;
Let not this hour neglected pass,
As thousands more have done.
Pardon, O God, my former sloth,
And arm my soul with grace;
As rising now, I seal my vows,
To prosecute thy ways.