Scripture Verse

The Lord hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah 52:10

Introduction

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Eliza R. Snow (1804–1887)

Words: Eli­za R. Snow, in A Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Hymns, ed­it­ed by Em­ma Smith (Nau­voo, Il­li­nois: E. Ro­bin­son, 1841).

Music: Will­ard Ev­an Ste­phens, in The Songs of Zi­on (In­de­pen­dence, Mis­sou­ri: Zi­on’s Print­ing and Pub­lish­ing, 1918), num­ber 228 (🔊 pdf nwc) (re­peats last line of each verse).

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Lyrics

Awake! ye saints of God! awake,
Call on the Lord in migh­ty pray­er,
That He will Zi­on’s bond­age break,
And bring to naught the fowl­er’s snare.

He will re­gard His peo­ple’s cry—
The wi­dow’s tear—the or­phan’s moan;
The blood of those that slaugh­tered lie,
Pleads not in vain be­fore His throne.

Though Zion’s foes have coun­seled deep,
Altho’ they bind with fet­ters strong;
The God of Ja­cob does not sleep—
His ven­geance will not slum­ber long.

Then let your souls be stayed on God;
A glo­ri­ous scene is draw­ing nigh:
Tho’ tem­pests ga­ther like a flood,
The storm, tho’ fierce, will soon pass by.

Our God in judg­ment will come near,
His migh­ty arm He will make bare:
For Zi­on’s sake He will ap­pear,
Then Oh! ye saints! awake, pre­pare!

Awake to un­ion and be one,
Or sa­ith the Lord, you are not Mine;
Yea, like the Fa­ther and the Son,
Let all the saints, in un­ion join.