Awake, Thou That Sleepest

Arise and shine; O Christ­ian

do not slum­ber;

Thou may’st not rest too long to hide the light;

Let ev­ery step be Christ along thy path­way

For it will lead thee up to Heav­en’s height.

Awake

thou that sleep­est

And arise from the dead

And Christ shall give thee

Shall give thee light.

Arise! says Christ

and lie not in the sha­dow;

Thou dost not ga­ther pro­fit from such rest;

Leave not thy first love for the sake of plea­sure;

To live to God is to be tru­ly blest.

Rise up

then

Christ­ian

and pur­sue thy jour­ney

And Christ shall be thy con­fi­dence and stay;

The light of His sweet smile shall rest up­on thee

His pre­sence shall go with thee all the way.

As ris­ing sun

when in His bright­ness shin­ing

Doth chase the dark­ness of the night away;

So may thy path

in this dark world of sor­row

Shine more and more un­til the per­fect day.