GRACIOUS Redeemer, shake This slumber from my soul! Say to me now, "Awake,...
Verse 1
GRACIOUS Redeemer, shake This slumber from my soul! Say to me now, " Awake, awake! And Christ shall make thee whole." Lay to thy mighty hand! Alarm me in this hour, And make me fully understand The thunder of thy power.
Verse 2
Give me on thee to call, Always to watch and pray, Lest I into temptation fall, And cast my shield away; For each assault prepared And ready may I be, For ever standing on my guard, And looking up to thee.
Verse 3
O do thou always warn My soul of evil near! When to the right or left I turn, Thy voice still let me hear; " Come back! this is the way, Come back, and walk herein!" O may I hearken and obey, And shun the paths of sin!
Verse 4
Thou seest my feebleness; Jesus, be thou my power, My help and refuge in distress, My fortress and my tower; Give me to trust in thee. Be thou my sure abode, My horn, and rock, and buckler be, My Saviour, and my God.
Verse 5
Myself I cannot save, Myself I cannot keep, But strength in thee I surely have, Whose eyelids never sleep; My soul to thee alone Now therefore I commend; Thou, Jesus, love me as thy own, And love me to the end.
