Scripture Verse

Awake and sing! Isaiah 26:19

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1887.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Awake, awake, O heart of mine!
Sing praise to God above;
Take up the song of end­less years,
And sing re­deem­ing love!
Redeemed by Him who bore my sins,
When on the cross He died;
Redeemed and pur­chased with His blood,
Redeemed and sanc­ti­fied.

Refrain

Awake, awake, O heart of mine!
Sing praise, sing praise to God ab­ove;
Take up the song of end­less years,
And sing re­deem­ing love!

Redeemed by Him, my Lord and king,
Who saves me day by day;
My life and all its ran­somed pow­ers
Could ne’er His love re­pay.
And yet His mer­cy con­des­cends
My hum­ble gift to own;
And through the rich­es of His grace,
He brings me near His throne.

Refrain

O love, un­chang­ing, love sub­lime!
Not all the hosts above
Can reach the height or sound the depth
Of God’s eter­nal love.
This won­drous love en­folds the world,
It fills the realms above;
’Tis bound­less as eter­ni­ty;
Oh, praise the God of love!

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