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Text:My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:SPARTA
Composer:Lowell Mason

199. My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?

1 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Awake, my sluggish soul!
Nothing has half thy work to do
Yet nothing's half so dull.

2 We, for whose sake all nature stands,
And stars their courses move;
We, for whose guard the angel bands
Come flying from above;

3 We, for whom God the Son came down
And labored for our good,
How careless to secure that crown
He purchased with His blood.

4 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still,
And never act our parts?
Come, holy Dove, from th'heavenly hill,
Renew and warm our hearts.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Christians: Workers for Christ; Diligence; Petition (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SPARTA
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: C. M.



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