The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16977

16977. The Sabbath Morn

1. Awake, awake at ear­ly dawn,
Behold the beau­ty of the lawn;
See, Na­ture smiles her gold­en rays,
And bal­my air be­speaks our praise.
The things of earth, sea and sky,
All teach of God, who reigns on high.

Refrain

Awake, awake, at ear­ly dawn,
And hail the glor­ious Sab­bath morn.

2. Awake, awake, be ear­ly found
Within His courts, ’tis hal­lowed ground,
Where’er the lof­ty spire as­cends;
If there the Christ­ian meek­ly bends
In praye­r to God, He’ll meet him there,
With bless­ings far be­yond com­pare.

Refrain

3. Awake, awake, no time to sleep
Like those of old; awake and weep,
For Je­sus wept, and died in shame,
That we might speak His pre­cious name;
Weep, that so many still de­ride
The cross where­on our Sav­ior died.

Refrain

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, awake at early dawn
• Title: The Sabbath Morn
• Author: Robert G. Staples (1874)
• Refrain First Line: Awake, awake, at early dawn
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Appeared in Goodly Pearls, by John R. Sweney & John J. Hood (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Asa Hull, 1875), page 5

Tune Information

• Name: MARACAY
• Composer: Asa Hull (1874)
• Meter: LMD
• Key: F Major or modal