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Awake, My Dear Brethren

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This hymn for ministers of the Gospel was adapted from a text found in "Primitive Hymns".

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Awake, my dear brethren who trust in the Lord, / And take your commissions to preach from His Word:
Obey your commission to preach from His Word:
Go teach all the nations and baptize each one / Go teach all the nations, and when they believe,
Who trusts in the Father and Spirit and Son. / Then lead them to Jordan, and baptism give.

Be sober, be prudent, be watchful in prayer / Be sober, be prudent, and watch unto prayer,
And be their examples of piety here / And be ye examples examples of piety here;
That others, beholding the works that you do / That others, beholding the works that ye do
May glorify Jesus in righteousness too.

Be faithful, dear brethren, and stand for His cause
And preach for His honor, and not for applause;
Watch over your life and stand up for the truth / Then stand for your Master, whatever you do,
And suffer as freely as He did for you.

And when the great day of redemption is here / And when the great day of redemption is come,
And Jesus, in splendor, to all men appears / And Jesus, in grandeur, descends on his throne,
This glorious Redeemer to you will recite: / This glorious Redeemer will then to you say,
‘Well done, faithful servant, come taste my delights!’ / ‘Well done, faithful servants! you are welcome to me!’

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