The Worshipbook ‎#337

337. Come, My Soul, You Must Be Waking

1 Come, my soul, you must be waking.
Now is breaking
O'er the earth another day.
Come to him who made this splendor;
May you render
All your feeble strength can pay.

2 Gladly hail the light returning;
Ready burning
Be the incense of your powers.
For the night is safely ended;
God has tended
With his care your helpless hours.

3 Pray that he may prosper ever
Each endeavor
When your aim is good and true;
But that he may ever thwart you,
And convert you,
When you evil would pursue.

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

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, my soul, you must be waking
• Title: Come, My Soul, You Must Be Waking
• Translator (attributed to): Thomas Arnold (1838, 1841, alt.)
• Translator (attributed to): Henry J. Buckoll (1838, 1841, alt.)
• Author: Friedrich R. L. von Canitz (1654-1699)
• Meter: 8.4.7.D.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 17:15
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Other Observances: Christian Education

Tune Information

• Name: MEINE ARMUTH
• Meter: 8.4.7.D.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, 1704
• Copyright: Music used by permission of Mrs. J. Meredith Tatton.
• Notes: As in Songs of Syon, 1910