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Awake my soul, stretch every nerve

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,053 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey: Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 'T is God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high, 'T is His own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye: 4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press the vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. Topics: The Christian Life Action

Awake, ye saints, awake

Appears in 171 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Awake, ye saints, awake, And hail this sacred day; In loftiest songs of praise Your joyful homage pay: Welcome the day that God hath blest, The type of heaven's eternal rest. 2 On this auspicious morn The Lord of life arose; He burst the bars of death, And vanquished all our foes: An now he pleads our cause above, And reaps the fruits of all His love. 3 All hail, triumphant Lord! Heaven with Hosannas rings, And earth, in humbler strains, Thy praise responsive sings: Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, Through endless years to live and reign. 4 Great King, gird on Thy sword, Ascend Thy conquering car; While justice, truth, and love Maintain Thy glorious war: This day let sinners own Thy sway, And rebels cast their arms away. Topics: The Lord's Day and Public Worship

Before Jehovah's awful throne

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 965 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and He destroy. 2 His sovereign power without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men; And when like wandering sheep we stray'd, He brought us to His fold again. 3 We are His people, we His care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame: What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to Thy Name? 4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heaven our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is Thy command, Vast as eternity Thy love; Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Topics: The Christian Life Praise

Before the ending of the day

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before the ending of the day, Creator of the world, we pray, That with Thy wonted favour, Thou Wouldst be our Guard and Keeper now. 2 From all ill dreams defend our sight, From fears and terrors of the night; Withhold from us our ghostly foe, That spot of sin we may not know. 3 O Father, that we ask be done, Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son; Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee, Doth live and reign eternally. Topics: The Seven Hours Night Watch

Before the Lord we bow

Meter: 6.4.6.4 Appears in 73 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before the Lord we bow, The God who reigns above, And rules the world below, Boundless in power and love; Our thanks we bring In joy and priase, Our hearts we raise To heaven's high King. 2 The nation Thou hast blest May well Thy love declare, From foes and fears at rest, Protected by Thy care. For this fair land, For this bright day, Our thanks we pay-- Gifts of Thy hand. 3 May every mountain height, Each vale and forest green, Shine in Thy word's pure light, And its rich fruits be seen! May every tongue Be tuned to praise, And join to raise A grateful song. 4 Earth! hear thy maker's voice, The great Redeemer own, Believe, obey, rejoice, And worship Him alone; Cast down thy pride, Thy sin deplore, And bow before The Crucified. 5 And when in power He comes, O may our native land, From all its rending tombs, Send forth a glorious band; A countless throng Ever to sing To heaven's high King Salvation's song. Topics: Special Seasons National Festival

Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay

Appears in 210 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay; Let each enraptured thougjt obey, And praise th' Almighty's Name: Let heaven and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell th' inspiring theme. 2 Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound, while all the adoring throngs around His boundless mercy sing: Let every listening saint above Wake all the tuneful soul of love, And touch the sweetest string. 3 Whate'er this living world contains, That wings the air or treads the plains, United praise bestow: Ye tenants of the ocean wide, Proclaim Him through the mighty tide, And in the deeps below. 4 Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, The feeling heart, the judging head, In heavenly praise employ; Spread His tremendous name around, Till heav'n's broad arch rings back the sound, The general burst of joy. Topics: The Christian Life Praise

Behold the morning sun

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 318 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, the morning sun Begins his glorious way! His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the Gospel comes It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 My gracious God, how plain Are Thy directions given! O may I never read in vain, But find the path to heaven. 4 I hear Thy word with love, And I would fain obey: Send Thy good Spirit from above, To guide me, lest I stray. Topics: The Holy Scriptures

Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Bless God, my soul; Thou, Lord, alone Possessest empire without bounds, With honour Thou art crown'd thy throne Eternal majesty surrounds. 2 With light thou dost Thyself enrobe, And glory for a garment take; Heaven's curtains stretch beyond the globe, Thy canopy of state to make. 3 God builds on liquid air, and forms His palace-chambers in the skies; The clouds His chariots are, and storms The swift-wing'd steeds with which he flies. 4 As bright as flame, as swift as wind, His ministers heaven's palace fill; They have their sundry tasks assign'd All prompt to do their sovereign's will. 5 In praising god while he prolongs My breath, i will that breath employ; And join devotion to my songs, Sincere, as in Him is my joy. Topics: The Christian Life Praise

Christ, the Lord is risen again

Appears in 258 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen again; Christ hath broken every chain; Hark, angelic voices cry, Singing evermore on high, Alleluia! 2 He, Who gave for us His life, Who for us endured the strife, Is our Paschal Lamb to-day; We too sing for joy, and say, Alleluia! 3 He, Who bore all pain and loss Comfortless upon the Cross, Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us and hears our cry; Alleluia! 4 He, Who slumbered in the grave Is exalted now to save; Now through Christendom it rings That the Lamb is King of kings. Alleluia! 5 Now He bids us tell abroad How the lost may be restored, How the penitent forgiven, How we too may enter heaven. Alleluia! 6 Thou, our Paschal Lamb indeed, Christ, Thy ransomed people feed; Take our sins and guilt away, Let us sing by night and day Alleluia!

Christ the Lord is risen to-day,

Appears in 1,176 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say: Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heavens; and earth, reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the victory won: Jesus' agony is o'er, Darkness veils the earth no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Christ hath burst the gates of hell; Death in vain forbids Him rise, Christ hath open'd Paradise. 4 Soar we now where Christ hath led, Following our exalted Head; Made like Him, like Him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.