Awake! O Church of God, Awake!

Awake, Jerusalem, awake, No longer on thy sins lie down

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 113 hymnals

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1 Awake, O church of God, awake!
No longer in thy sins lie down;
The garment of salvation take,
Thy beauty and thy strength put on.

Refrain:
Awake, O Church of God, awake!
Be purged from ev’ry sinful stain;
Awake, O Church of God, awake!
Nor bear His hallowed name in vain.

2 Shake off the dust that blinds thy sight,
And hides the promise from thine eyes;
Arise, and struggle into light,
The great Deliv'rer calls: “Arise!” [Refrain]

3 Shake off the bands of sad despair;
Assert thy blood-bought liberty;
Look up, thy broken heart prepare,
And God shall set the captive free. [Refrain]

Source: The Voice of Thanksgiving #42

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Awake, Jerusalem, awake, No longer on thy sins lie down
Title: Awake! O Church of God, Awake!
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Awake, O Church of God, awake
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Awake, Jerusalem, awake. C. Wesley. [Exhortation.] A paraphrase of Isaiah lii., which appeared in the Wesley Psalms and Hymns, 1741, in 28 stanzas of 4 lines, C.M. divided into three parts. Two centos from this are in common use in America. (1) The American Methodist Episcopal Collection, N. Y., 1849, composed of stanzas i., iii. and iv. of Pt. i, and stanza ii. of Pt. iii. (2) Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, Cleveland, O., 1882; the same stanzas with the addition of stanza iv., Pt. iii. The poem as given in the Poetical Works of J. and C. Wesley, 1868-72, vol. ii. pp. 168-173, has 4 stanzas in L.M. added to Pt. ii. These stanzas were first published in the First series of Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 1741. Being a part of the same chapter in Isaiah they were omitted from the reprint of the Hymns, &c, and incorporated with this poem, in the Poetical Works, vol. ii., 1860.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d42

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d61

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d61

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d61

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #250

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #234

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #11

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d30

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d43

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #344

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #73

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A Collection of Hymns #11

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d22

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A New Selection of Hymns #43

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #CCLXXIV

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A Pocket Hymn-book #274

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #CCLXXIV

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #175

Baptist Harmony #d24

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Baptist Hymn Book #aB134

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #S9

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d56

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Evangelical Hymnal #397

General Baptist Hymn Book #d37

Hallowed Songs #d24

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Hallowed Songs #215

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Hallowed Songs #237

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d21

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #214

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d41

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #214

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #197

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #197

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #397

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #594

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #775

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #775

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Hymnal #175

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #111

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Hymns and Tunes #385

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #896

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #234

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d76

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn #ad18

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn, with Music #d18

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Hymns selected from various authors #101

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New Hymn and Tune book #133c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #133c

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d22

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d23

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Poems and Hymns of Dawn #18

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Prayer and Praise #106

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.2

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Songs of Pilgrimage #264

Songs of the Free, and Hymns of Christian Freedom #d5

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Songs of Zion #42

Supplement to the Advent and Sabbath Hymn Book #d5

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #493

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d38

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #175

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d48

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The Baptist Hymn Book #B134

The Christian Harmony #d25

The Church Hymn Book #d64

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The Church Hymnal #293

The Corona #d8

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The Cyber Hymnal #74

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs #d18

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, with an Appendix of Choice Hymns #d18

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #249

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d44

The Harmonia Sacra #73B

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d21

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The Heart and Voice #16a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #417

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #213

The Lesser Hymnal #d23

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #217

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The Methodist Hymnal #217

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d26

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d27

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #XI

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d29

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The New Harmonia Sacra #73b

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The New Hymn Book #73

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #417

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.7

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The Religious Songster #78

The Sacred Lyre #d29

The Select Hymn and Song Book #d26

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