LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Medley
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| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 10
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MUSIC
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| 1. Awake, my soul, in joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise:
He justly claims a song from me,
His lovingkindness is so free.
2. He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me not withstanding all,
And saved me from my lost estate,
His lovingkindness is so great.
3. When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has ever stood;
His lovingkindeness, O so good!
4. Through mighty hosts of cruel foes,
Where earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His lovingkindness is so strong.
5. So when I pass death's gloomy vale,
And life and mortal pow'rs shall fail,
O may my last expiring breath
His lovingkindness sing in death.
6. Then shall I mount, and soar away
To the bright world of endless day;
There shall I sing, with sweet surprise,
His lovingkindness in the skies.
7. **alt verses
8. Soon shall we mount, and soar away
To the bright realms of endless day;
And sing, with rapture and surprise,
His lovingkindness in the skies.
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