The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Awake, my heart, arise, my tongue,

No. 438
Metre C. M.
Tune ARLINGTON.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music Thomas A. Arne.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/2
5 stanzas

Words

Awake, my heart, arise, my tongue,Prepare a tuneful voice;In God, the life of all my joys,Aloud will I rejoice.

'Tis he adorned my naked soul,And made salvation mine;Upon a poor, polluted wormHe makes his graces shine.

And lest the shadow of a spotShould on my soul be found,He took the robe the Saviour wrought,And cast it all around.

How far that heavenly robe excelsWhat earthly princes wear!These ornaments, how bright they shine!How white the garments are!

The Spirit wrought my faith and loveAnd hope, and every grace;But Jesus spent his life to workThe robe of righteousness.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.»; hymn number «438» (large), tune name «ARLINGTON. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «THOMAS A. ARNE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «A-» («A - wake», «a - rise», «Pre - pare», «tune - ful» hyphenated under the notes; «voice;» sung on two slurred notes; «A - loud», «re - joice.» in system 2). Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «354, 794, 369.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 354, 794 or 369). «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 5. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 'Tis»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («mine ;», «wear !», «shine !», «are !», «grace ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («'Tis»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Saviour»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.