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192. AWAKE, YE WITNESSES

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​Author:  Unknown
Music Source:  J. A. Freylinghausen's Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle, Germany, 1704

​1. Awake, ye witnesses! Be burning
    In deepest love; inflame also our hearts;
    Let from above descend upon us
    The fiery tongues that with their flaming darts
    Rise up and melt together, we implore,
    In fervent heat the faithful evermore!
 
2. Has love’s bright flame died out among us?
    Nay, it shall burn intensely and with zeal,
    Shall be the pow’r and inspiration
    That brings forth fruit of sweetness, pure and real;
    It wafts to us the cooling heav’nly breeze,
    Gives us in conflict victory and peace.
 
3. Thou, Shepherd, hast each one entreated
    To work and do with diligence Thy will;
    Ne’er shall Thy love in us be waning,
    And as it bound the saints, so bind us still.
    It gives us hope where we in fear would groan,
    Leads us to trust in Thy good help alone.
 
4. The cross shall be our preparation,
    Our hearts as holy temples to ordain,
    Lest in eternal condemnation
    Our soul shall suffer torment, grief and pain,
    Sound therefore loud and clear Thy Shepherd’s call;
    Into our hearts its echo e’er shall fall.
 
5. The heaven’s gates are standing open,
    And in Thy holy covenant we stand.
    If we but honor, if we trust Thee,
    Thou wilt adorn us with Thy gracious hand,
    Yea, though the earth and heaven pass away,
    Yet in Thy covenant we’ll ever stay.
 
6. We are engaged in mortal combat;
    A coward soon despairs, turns back and flees,
    But he whom Christ gives sword and armor,
    Will persevere and gain eternal peace.
    Then joyfully, O brethren, ever on;
    For after victory we’ll wear the crown.

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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements