Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#4

4. Come, my soul, thou must be waking

1 Come, my soul, thou must be waking,
Now is breaking
O'er the earth another day:
Come, to Him who made this splendor,
See thou render
All thy feeble strength can pay.

2 Gladly hail the sun returning:
Ready burning
Be the incense of Thy powers:
For the night is safely ended:
God hath tended
With His care Thy helpless hours.

3 Pray that He may prosper ever
Each endeavor,
When thine arm is good and true;
But that He may ever thwart Thee,
And convert Thee,
When Thou evil wouldst pursue.

4 Only God's free gifts abuse not,
Light refuse not,
But His Spirit's voice obey;
Thou with Him shall dwell, beholding
Light enfolding
All things in unclouded day.

5 Glory, honor, exaltation,
Adoration,
Be to the eternal One:
To the Father, Son, and Spirit
Laud and merit,
While unending ages run.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, my soul, thou must be waking
• Translator: Henry James Buckoll (1841)
• Meter: 8, 4, 7. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Consecration; God: Goodness of; Light: Given by the Holy Spirit; Morning

Tune Information

• Name: LUX PRIMA
• Composer: John Stainer
• Meter: 8, 4, 7. D.