My God, Now I from Sleep Awake

My God

I now from sleep awake

The sole pos­sess­ion of me take;

From mid­night ter­rors me se­cure

And guard my heart from thoughts im­pure.

Blest an­gels

while we silent lie

Your hal­le­lu­jahs sing on high;

You joy­ful hymn the ev­er-blest

Before the throne

and nev­er rest.

I with your choir ce­les­ti­al join

In of­fer­ing up a hymn di­vine;

With you in Heav’n I hope to dwell

And bid the night and world fare­well.

My soul

when I shake off this dust

Lord

in Thy arms I will en­trust;

O make me Thy pe­cu­liar care

Some man­sion for my soul pre­pare.

Give me a place at Thy saints’ feet

Or some fall’n an­gel’s va­cant seat;

I’ll strive to sing as loud as they

Who sit above in bright­er day.

O may I al­ways rea­dy stand

With my lamp burn­ing in my hand;

May I in sight of Heav’n re­joice

Whene’er I hear the Bride­groom’s voice.

All praise to Thee

in light ar­rayed

Who light Thy dwell­ing place hast made:

A bound­less ocean of bright beams

From Thy all glo­ri­ous God­head streams.

Blest Je­sus

Thou on Heav’n in­tent

Whole nights hast in de­vo­tion spent;

But I

frail crea­ture

soon am tired

And all my zeal is soon ex­pired.

Shine on me

Lord

new life im­part

Fresh ar­dors kin­dle in my heart;

One ray of Thy all quick­en­ing light

Dispels the sloth and clouds of night.

Lord

lest the tempt­er me sur­prise

Watch ov­er Thine own sac­ri­fice;

All loose

all idle thoughts cast out

And make my ve­ry dreams de­vout.

Praise God

from whom all bless­ings flow

Praise Him all crea­tures here be­low;

Praise Him above

ye heav’n­ly host

Praise Fa­ther

Son

and Ho­ly Ghost.