Awake, O Lord, as in the time of old! (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• (Posted 2016-11-24)  CPDL #42029:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-11-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The harmony in the penultimate has been slightly altered by the editor from the version in Cyber Hymnal.

• (Posted 2007-11-15)  CPDL #15423:         

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 26 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from the Cyber Hymnal™

General Information

Title: Awake, O Lord, as in the time of old!
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Reliance
Lyricist: Henry Twells

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1719 in W. L.'s Collection of Tunes;
Description: Henry Twells's lyrics from Hymns and Other Stray Verses, 1901.

Original text and translations

English text

1  Awake, O Lord, as in the time of old! Come, Holy Spirit, in Thy power and might; For lack of Thee our hearts are strangely cold, Our minds but blindly groping towards the light. 2  Doubts are abroad: make Thou these doubts to cease! Fears are within: set Thou these fears at rest! Strife is among us: melt that strife to peace! Change marches onward: may all change be blest!

3  Make us to be what we profess to be; Let prayer be prayer, and praise be heartfelt praise; From unreality, O set us free, And let our words be echoed by our ways. 4  Turn us, good Lord, and so shall we be turned: Let every passion grieving Thee be stilled: Then shall our race be won, our guerdon earned, Our Master looked on, and our joy fulfilled.