Awake, and Sing the Song

Awake

and sing the song

Of Mos­es and the Lamb;

Tune ev­ery heart and ev­ery tongue

To praise the Sav­ior’s name.

Sing of His dy­ing love;

Sing of His ris­ing pow­er;

Sing how He in­ter­cedes ab­ove

For all whose sins He bore.

If you have felt His grace

You’ll not re­fuse to sing

But sum­mon all your pow­ers to praise

Your Sav­ior and your king.

Look back

and see the state

Wherein your na­ture lay;

Then won­der at His love so great

Who did your ran­som pay.

His faith­ful­ness pro­claim

While life and health are giv’n;

Join hands and hearts to praise His name;

Till we all meet in Heav’n.

May Je­su’s word take place

And wis­dom in us dwell

That we His mi­ra­cles of grace

In psalms and hymns may tell.

Tell in ser­aph­ic strains

What Christ hath done for you;

How He has tak­en off your chains

And formed your hearts anew.

Be care­ful to ap­prove

Yourselves His child­ren dear;

Admonish and pro­voke to love

To right­eous­ness

and fear.

Leave car­nal joys be­low

To men of mean­er taste;

Think

speak

and sing of no­thing now

But Christ

the First and Last.

Are you in deep dis­tress?

Then sing to ease the smart;

Are you re­joiced? let psalms ex­press

The glad­ness of your heart.

When Paul and Si­las sung

The earth be­gan to quake;

The pri­son doors were op­en flung;

Her firm foun­da­tions shake.

The pri­son­ers’ bands were loosed;

Who can the Lord con­trol?

May eq­ual power be now dif­fused

And free each cap­tive soul.

Sing till you feel your hearts

Ascending with your tongues;

Sing till the love of sin de­parts

And grace in­spires your songs.

Sing till you hear Christ say

Your sins are all for­giv’n;

Go on

re­joic­ing all the way

And sing your souls to Heav’n.