Awaked by Sinai’s Awful Sound

Awaked by Si­nai’s aw­ful sound

My soul in bonds of guilt I found

And knew not where to go;

Eternal truth did loud pro­claim

The sin­ner must be born again

Or sink to end­less woe.

Amazed I stood

but could not tell

Which way to shun the gates of hell

For death and hell drew near;

I strove

in­deed

but strove in vain;

The sin­ner must be born again

Still sound­ed in my ear.

When to the law I trem­bling fled

It poured its curs­es on my head;

I no re­lief could find.

This fear­ful truth in­creased my pain;

The sin­ner must be born again

O’erwhelmed my tor­tured mind.

Again did Si­nai’s thun­ders roll

And guilt lay hea­vy on my soul

A vast op­press­ive load;

Alas

I read and saw it plain

The sin­ner must be born again

Or drink the wrath of God.

The saints I heard with rap­ture tell

How Je­sus con­quered death and hell

And broke the fowl­er’s snare;

Yet when I found this truth re­main

The sin­ner must be born again

I sank in deep des­pair.

But while I thus in ang­uish lay

The gra­cious Sav­ior passed this way

And felt His pi­ty move;

The sin­ner

by His jus­tice slain

Now by His grace is born again;

And sings re­deem­ing love.

To Heav­en the joy­ful tid­ings flew

The an­gels tuned their harps anew

And lof­ti­er sounds did raise;

All hail the Lamb that once was slain

Unnumbered mill­ions born again

Shall shout Thy end­less praise.