The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#794

794. Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes

1 Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes,
And raise your voices high;
Awake, and praise that sovereign love
That shows salvation nigh;
Awake, and praise that sovereign love
That shows salvation nigh.

2 Swift on the wings of time it flies;
Each moment brings it near;
Then welcome each declining day,
Welcome each closing year.

3 Not many years their round shall run,
Not many mornings rise,
Ere all its glories stand revealed
To our admiring eyes.

4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course!
Ye mortal powers, decay!
Haste! till the last glad morning rise
That brings eternal day.

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Waiting for Christ: Closing Work
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ZERAH
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #399, 755, or 354.