Worship — The Sabbath

Awake, my heart! my soul, arise!

No. 214
Words Anon.
Singing key E♭ major
5 stanzas

Sung to UXBRIDGE (hymn 58)

Words

Awake, my heart! my soul, arise!This is the day believers prize;Improve this Sabbath, then, with care;Another may not be thy share.

O, solemn thought! Lord, give me power,Wisely to fill up every hour;O for the wings of faith and loveTo bear my longing heart above!

Jesus, assist, nor let me failTo worship thee within the vail,To glorify thy matchless grace,To see the beauties of thy face.

Be with me in thy house to-day,And tune my heart to praise and pray;Command thy word to fall like dew,Refreshing, quickening all anew.

Call forth my thoughts, and let them roveO'er the green pastures of thy love;O let not sin prevent my rest,Nor keep me from my Saviour's breast.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «214» (large) with the reference line «58, 219, 101.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 58, 219 or 101); the hymn fills the right column of p. 72 below stanzas 5–6 of hymn 213, stanzas 1–5, «Anon.» in italics at the end; it ends on this page (p. 73 opens with the running head and hymn 215). The first word «AWAKE» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («heart !», «arise !», «prize ;», «care ;», «thought !», «hour ;», «above !», «pray ;», «love ;»); it is closed up here. «to-day» is printed with its hyphen. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight. The four lines of each stanza are printed flush, without indentation (the stanzas rhyme in couplets). Spelling («Saviour's», «vail»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8).