Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Awake, awake, my sluggish soul
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A watchfulness hymn by Ottiwell Heginbothom based on St. Luke 12:38-39, published in 1794.
Awake, awake, O Zion
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A Second Advent hymn by Benjamin Gough based on Isaiah 52:1, first published in 1865.
Awake, glad soul, awake, awake
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An Easter hymn by John S. B. Monsell written in Italy, published in 1863 and expanded in 1875.
Awake, Jerusalem, awake
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A multi-part paraphrase of Isaiah 52 by Charles Wesley, first published in 1741.
Awake, my heart, arise my tongue
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Isaac Watts's 1707 hymn based on Isaiah 61:10 celebrating the garments of salvation.
Awake, my love, awake, my joy
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A morning cento adapted from John Mason's 1683 Songs of Praise.
Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue
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Anne Steele's 16-stanza paraphrase of Psalm 103, first published in 1760.
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays
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Samuel Medley's celebrated hymn on the lovingkindness of God, first published in 1782.
Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes
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Anna Laetitia Barbauld's 1772 Christian warfare hymn, originally titled The Conflict.
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve
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Philip Doddridge's famous Christian race hymn based on Philippians 3:12-14, published in 1755.
Awake, my soul, to grateful praise
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An anonymous or attributed morning hymn first published in J. H. Gurney's 1838 collection.
Awake, my soul, to meet the day
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Philip Doddridge's morning hymn for awaking and rising, first published in 1755.
Awake, our drowsy souls
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Elizabeth Scott's Lord's Day morning hymn (1769) and its famous recast by Thomas Cotterill.
Awake, our souls, and bless His name
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Philip Doddridge's hymn on Christ the Door, based on John 10:9 and published in 1755.
Awake, our souls, away our fears
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Isaac Watts's famous 1707 hymn on the Christian race, featuring revisions by John Wesley and Martin Madan.
Awake, sweet gratitude, and sing
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Augustus Toplady's 1771 hymn on Christ's heavenly intercession, popularized by Rippon's Selection.
Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes
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Philip Doddridge's advent call based on Romans 13:11, first published in 1755.
Away from every mortal care
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Isaac Watts's 1709 hymn on public worship and the sanctuary, abridged by Whitefield.
Away with death, away
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Henry Kirke White's poem Athanatos, adapted into a hymn by James Martineau in 1840.
Away with my fears! The glad morning appears
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Charles Wesley's birthday hymn from 1749, quoted by John Wesley on his 85th birthday.