- Awake, My Soul, And With The Sun
- All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night
- My God, Now I From Sleep Awake
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- C Great Bass Recorder
- Verse 1
- My God, I now from sleep awake,
- The sole possession of me take;
- From midnight terrors me secure,
- And guard my heart from thoughts impure.
- Verse 2
- Blest angels, while we silent lie,
- Your hallelujahs sing on high;
- You joyful hymn the ever-blest,
- Before the throne, and never rest.
- Verse 3
- I with your choir celestial join,
- In offering up a hymn divine;
- With you in Heav’n I hope to dwell,
- And bid the night and world farewell.
- Verse 4
- My soul, when I shake off this dust,
- Lord, in Thy arms I will entrust;
- O make me Thy peculiar care,
- Some mansion for my soul prepare.
- Verse 5
- Give me a place at Thy saints’ feet,
- Or some fall’n angel’s vacant seat;
- I’ll strive to sing as loud as they,
- Who sit above in brighter day.
- Verse 6
- O may I always ready stand,
- With my lamp burning in my hand;
- May I in sight of Heav’n rejoice,
- Whene’er I hear the Bridegroom’s voice.
- Verse 7
- All praise to Thee, in light arrayed,
- Who light Thy dwelling place hast made:
- A boundless ocean of bright beams
- From Thy all glorious Godhead streams.
- Verse 8
- Blest Jesus, Thou on Heav’n intent,
- Whole nights hast in devotion spent;
- But I, frail creature, soon am tired,
- And all my zeal is soon expired.
- Verse 9
- Shine on me, Lord, new life impart,
- Fresh ardors kindle in my heart;
- One ray of Thy all quickening light
- Dispels the sloth and clouds of night.
- Verse 10
- Lord, lest the tempter me surprise,
- Watch over Thine own sacrifice;
- All loose, all idle thoughts cast out,
- And make my very dreams devout.
- Verse 11 (Doxology)
- Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
- Praise Him all creatures here below;
- Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host,
- Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- Awake, My Soul, And With The Sun
- All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night
- My God, Now I From Sleep Awake