The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11157

11157. Awake, You Guilty World, Awake

1 Awake, thou guilty world, awake,
Whom God doth by His judgments shake,
And to the dread tribunal come!
Jesus on earth erects His seat,
And cites you here your doom to meet,
Type of your everlasting doom:

2 Avenger of His slighted laws,
His Gospel and His people’s cause,
In righteous wrath implacable,
The Lord with sword and fire shall plead,
Throughout the world destruction spread,
And sweep His slaughtered foes to hell.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, thou guilty world, awake
• Title: Awake, You Guilty World, Awake
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: VENI CITO by John B. Dykes; VERNON by Jeremiah Ingalls

Tune Information

• Name: VATER UNSER
• Harmonizer: J. S. Bach
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Key: c minor
• Source: Geistliche Lieder, 1539
• Copyright: Public Domain