Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#445

445. 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 the 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 a true;
But that He may ever thwart thee,
And convert thee,
When thou evil wouldst pursue.

4 Only God's free gift 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
• Author: Friedrich Rudolph von Cantiz (1700)
• Translator: Henry James Buckoll (1841. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Morning

Tune Information

• Name: HAYDN
• Meter: 8 4 7. D.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Arranged from Joseph Haydn, 1791