Bride of the Lamb, Awake, Awake

Author: Edward Denny

Denny, Sir Edward, Bart . Sir Edward Denny, son of Sir E. Denny, 4th baronet, of Tralee Castle, County of Kerry, was born 2 Oct., 1796, and succeeded his father in August, 1831. He is a member of the Plymouth Brethren, and has contributed largely to their hymnody. His first publication, in which many of his hymns appeared, was A Selection of Hymns, Lond. Central Tract Depot, 1839. This was followed by Hymns & Poems , Lond., 1848 (third ed., 1870). He has also published several prose works. Many of his hymns are popular, and are in extensive use as:—" A pilgrim through this lonely world"; "Bride of the Lamb, rejoice, rejoice"; “Bright with all His crowns of glory"; “Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart”; "Sweet feast of love d… Go to person page >

Bride of the Lamb, awake, awake. Sir E. Denny. [Advent.] First appeared in Hymns for the Poor of the Flock, cir. 1837-8, No. 128, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines: again in his Selection of Hymns, 1839, No. 332; and again in his Hymns and Poems, 1848, p. 36. In the last work it is entitled, "The Church cheered with the hope of her Lord's return." In 1855 it was included in Dr. Walker's Cheltenham Collection, No. 389, and in 1872 in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory. In Kennedy, 1863, it is given in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is also found in a few American collections.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)