The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12576

12576. Awake, My Drowsy Soul

1 Awake, my drowsy soul, awake
And view the threatening scene:
The foes in legion camp around,
And treachery lurks within.

2 ’Tis not this mortal life alone
These enemies assail;
All thine eternal hopes are lost,
If their attempts prevail.

3 Now to the work of God awake;
Behold thy Maker near;
The various, arduous task pursue
With vigor and with fear.

4 The awful register goes on,
Th’account will surely come,
And opening day, or closing night
May bear me to my doom.

5 Tremendous thought! How deep it strikes!
Yet like a dream it flies,
Till God’s own voice the slumbers chase
From these deluded eyes.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, my drowsy soul, awake
• Title: Awake, My Drowsy Soul
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.)
• 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

Tune Information

• Name: BANGOR
• Composer: William Tans'ur (1734)
• Meter: CM
• Key: c minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain