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Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun
1. Awake, my soul, and with the sun
your daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay your morning sacrifice.
2. Lord, I my vows to You renew.
Disperse my sins as morning dew;
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with Yourself my spirit fill.
3. Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design or do or say;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Your sole glory may unite.
WORDS: Thomas Ken, 1695;
MUSIC: alt.Francois Hippolyte Barthelemon, 1785 As in The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
Theme: Morning and Opening Hymns