The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10617

10617. Awake, Ye Saints, And Raise Your Eyes

1 Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes,
And raise your voices high;
Away, and praise that sovereign Love,
That shows salvation nigh.

2 On all the wings of time it flies;
Each moment brings it near;
Then welcome each declining day!
Welcome each closing year!

3 Not many years their round shall run,
Nor many mornings rise,
Ere all its glories stand revealed
To our admiring eyes.

4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course;
Ye mortal powers, decay;
Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes
• Title: Awake, Ye Saints, And Raise Your Eyes
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ABRIDGE by Isaac Smith; ANTIOCH by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: ZERAH
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain