The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8928

8928. Awake, Ye Guilty Souls

1 Awake, ye guilty souls, awake,
Nor sleep, till Tophet takes you in!
The Lord of hosts is ris’n to shake
The earth polluted with your sin.

2 Enter into the Rock, and hide
Your trembling spirits in the dust;
Fly to the clefts, the riven side,
And in a dying Savior trust.

3 Before the Lord’s fierce anger come,
Before He bring the vengeful day,
And fix th’ irrevocable doom,
And earth’s foundations melt away.

4 Before its mouth it opens wide,
And gasps to feel the final blow;
Firmer support, ye worms, provide,
Or sink into eternal woe.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, ye guilty souls, awake
• Title: Awake, Ye Guilty Souls
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750 Part 2 (London: Strahan, 1750)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: HURSLEY from "Metrical Psalter," 1855, IRAE by Joseph Barnby

Tune Information

• Name: HILKIAH
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1839)
• Meter: LM
• Key: e minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain