The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11233

11233. O Israel, To Thy Tents Repair

1 O Israel, to thy tents repair!
Why thus secure on hostile ground?
Thy King commands thee to beware;
For many foes thy camp surround.

2 The trumpet gives a martial strain:
O Israel, gird thee for the fight!
Arise, the combat to maintain,
And put thine enemies to flight.

3 Thou shouldst not sleep, as others do;
Awake! be vigilant, be brave!
The coward, and the sluggard too,
Must wear the fetters of the slave.

4 A nobler lot is cast for thee:
A kingdom waits thee in the skies;
With such a hope, shall Israel flee,
Or yield through weariness the prize?

5 No! let a careless world repose,
And slumber on through life’s short day,
While Israel to the conflict goes,
And bears the glorious prize away.

Text Information

• First Line: O Israel, to thy tents repair!
• Title: O Israel, To Thy Tents Repair
• Author: Thomas Kelly
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, 2nd ed. 1806
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GROSTETTE
• Composer: Henry Wellington Greatorex (1851)
• Meter: LM
• Key: f♯ minor
• Copyright: Public Domain