8928. Awake, Ye Guilty Souls

1 Awake, ye guilty souls, awake,
Nor sleep, till Tophet takes you in!
The Lord of hosts is ris’n to shake
The earth polluted with your sin.

2 Enter into the Rock, and hide
Your trembling spirits in the dust;
Fly to the clefts, the riven side,
And in a dying Savior trust.

3 Before the Lord’s fierce anger come,
Before He bring the vengeful day,
And fix th’ irrevocable doom,
And earth’s foundations melt away.

4 Before its mouth it opens wide,
And gasps to feel the final blow;
Firmer support, ye worms, provide,
Or sink into eternal woe.

Text Information
First Line: Awake, ye guilty souls, awake
Title: Awake, Ye Guilty Souls
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750 Part 2 (London: Strahan, 1750)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: HURSLEY from "Metrical Psalter," 1855, IRAE by Joseph Barnby
Tune Information
Name: HILKIAH
Composer: Lowell Mason (1839)
Meter: LM
Key: e minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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