Awake Ye That Slumber

Sheet Music

• Tune from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Use of the Latter Day Saints, 1844
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Tunes

• I Love Thee (Tune), by Jeremiah Ingalls, 1805 (this is the tune used in A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Use of the Latter Day Saints, 1844; it was also set to a hymn called I Love Thee (Lyrics), by Jeremiah Ingalls, though these lyrics are sometimes attributed to John Adam Granade)

Lyrics

• Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841

Hymn 299
11's.
1. Awake, ye that slumber, arise from the dust!
Awake! gird your armor, in God put your trust;
The "sword of the spirit" be firm in your grasp,
The "hope of salvation" your brows shall inclasp.

2. Awake! wield the armor that God hath prepared,
The rights of the poor and defenseless to guard;
Rear the standard of truth, let your motto be love,
And show by your conduct, the wisdom above.

3. Awake! for the tyrant your home doth invade,
And the joys of your fireside in sadness are laid;
Arise, and the heart of the bigot shall fail,
And the legions of error no longer prevail.

4. Awake! and bid bigotry flee from the world,
And fell superstition to darkness be hurled,
Let creeds and tradition before you recede,
And nothing the conquests of truth shall impede.

5. Awake from your slumbers! 'tis duty that calls—
'Tis duty that bids you to guard Zion's walls!
Will ye sleep when oppression hath marshaled her clan
To crush to the earth the bright prospects of man?

6. Awake! will ye slumber while charity pleads!
And religion from fiends hypocritic still bleeds?
Will you sleep while her altars are reeking with gore,
And the life-blood of victims unceasingly pour?

7. Awake from your slumbers! oh, why will you sleep,
While the daughters of Zion in sadness must weep!
Will you patiently yield your vile necks to the yoke,
Nor rise in your strength 'gainst the tyrant's proud stroke?

8. Awake! then, ye sleepers, how can you forbear?
And the badge of submission eternally wear?
Arise! for the welfare of man is at stake
Awake from your slumbers, ye sleepers AWAKE.

Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Use of the Latter Day Saints, 1844

1. Awake ye that slumber, arise from the dust!
Awake! gird your armor, in God put your trust;
The sword of the spirit be firm in your grasp,
The hope of salvation your brows shall inclasp.

2. Awake! wield the armor that God hath prepared,
The rights of the poor and defenceless to guard;
Rear the standard of truth, let your motto be love,
And show by your conduct, the wisdom above.

3. Awake! for the tyrant your home doth invade,
And the joys of your fireside in sadness are laid;
Arise, and the heart of the bigot shall fail,
And the legions of error no longer prevail.

4. Awake! and bid bigotry flee from the world,
And fell superstition to darkness be hurled,
Let creeds and tradition before you recede,
And nothing the conquests of truth shall impede.

5. Awake from your slumbers! 'tis duty that calls -
'Tis duty that bids you to guard Zion's wall!
Will ye sleep when oppression hath marshalled her clan
To crush to the earth the bright prospects of man?

6. Awake! will ye slumber while charity pleads!
And religion from fiends hypocritic still bleeds?
Will ye sleep while her altars are reeking with gore,
And the lifeblood of victims unceasingly pour?

7. Awake from your slumbers! oh, why will you sleep,
While the daughters of Zion in sadness must weep!
Will you patiently yield your vile necks to the yoke,
Nor rise in your strength 'gainst the tyrant's proud stroke?

8. Awake! then, ye sleepers, how can you forbear?
And the badge of submission eternally wear?
Arise! for the welfare of man is at stake
Awake from your slumbers, ye sleepers awake.