Awake, awake at ear­ly dawn,
Behold the beau­ty of the lawn;
See, Na­ture smiles her gold­en rays,
And bal­my air be­speaks our praise.
The things of earth, sea and sky,
All teach of God, who reigns on high.

Refrain

Awake, awake, at ear­ly dawn,
And hail the glo­ri­ous Sab­bath morn.

Awake, awake, be ear­ly found
Within His courts, ’tis hal­lowed ground,
Where’er the lof­ty spire as­cends;
If there the Christ­ian meek­ly bends
In praye­r to God, He’ll meet him there,
With bless­ings far be­yond com­pare.

Refrain

Awake, awake, no time to sleep
Like those of old; awake and weep,
For Je­sus wept, and died in shame,
That we might speak His pre­cious name;
Weep, that so many still de­ride
The cross where­on our Sav­ior died.

Refrain