The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#380

380. Awake, Thou Spirit, Who Didst Fire

1 Awake, Thou Spirit, who didst fire
The watchmen of the Church’s youth,
Who faced the foe’s envenomed ire,
Who day and night declared Thy truth,
Whose voices loud are ringing still,
And bringing hosts to know Thy will.

2 Lord, let our earnest prayer be heard,
The prayer Thy Son hath bid us pray;
For, lo, Thy children’s hearts are stirred
In ev'ry land in this our day
To cry with fervent soul to Thee,
O help us, Lord, so let it be.

3 O haste to help, ere we are lost!
Send preachers forth, in spirit strong,
Armed with Thy Word, a dauntless host,
Bold to attack the rule of wrong;
Let them the earth for Thee reclaim,
Thy heritage, to know Thy Name.

4 And let Thy Word have speedy course,
Through every land be glorified,
Till all the heathen know its force,
And fill Thy churches far and wide;
Wake Israel from her sleep, O Lord,
And spread the conquests of Thy Word!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, Thou Spirit, who didst fire
• Title: Awake, Thou Spirit, Who Didst Fire
• Author: Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (1750)
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Matthew 9:38
  ;
  Luke 10:2-4
• Topic: Missions: Foreign and Home; A Missionary Service; Home Missions; Missions: To the Jews

Tune Information

• Name: ICH WILL DICH LIEBEN
• Arranger: Adolf Hult (1923)
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Key: D Major
• Source: König's Harmonischer Liederschatz, 1731.
• Notes: Or: St. Catherine, No. 214.