Text:Come, my soul, thou must be waking
Author:F. R. L. von Canitz
Translator:Henry J. Buckoll
Tune:HAYDN
Composer:Franz Josef Haydn

334. 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 this splendor;
See thou render
All thy feeble powers can pay.

2 Thou too hail the light returning;
Ready burning
Be the incense of thy pow'rs;
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 aim is good and true;
But that he may ever thwart thee,
And convert thee,
When thou evil wouldst pursue.

4 Think that he thy ways beholdeth;
He unfoldeth
Every fault that lurks within;
Every stain of shame glossed over
Can discover,
And discern each deed of sin.

5 Only God's free gifts abuse not,
Light refuse not,
But his Spirit's voice obey;
Thou with him shalt dwell, beholding
Light enfolding
All things in unclouded day.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Come, my soul, thou must be waking
Author: F. R. L. von Canitz (1700)
Translator: Henry J. Buckoll (1841; st. 5, alt.)
Meter: 8. 5. 7. 8. 4. 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Scripture:
Topic: The Church: The Lord's Day Morning; God: Omnipotence of; God: Omnipresence of (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: HAYDN
Composer: Franz Josef Haydn (1791, arr.)
Meter: 8. 5. 7. 8. 4. 7.
Key: D Major



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