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Thou That Sleepest Not Afraid. (Hymn)

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"Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."     Thou that sleepest not afraid,     Men and angels thee upbraid;     Rise, cry, cry to God aloud,     Ere the swift hours weave thy shroud:             O, for Jesus' sake,         Wake!     Thee full ill doth it beseem     Through the dark to drowse and dream;     In the dead-time of the night     Here is One can give thee light:             O, for Jesus' sake,         Wake!     The year passeth - it and all     God shall take and shall let fall     Soon, into the whelming sea     Of His wide eternity:             O, for Jesus' sake,         Wake!     Noiseless as the flakes of snow     The last moments falter and go;     The time-angel sent this way     Sweeps them like a drift away:             O, for Jesus' sake,         Wake!     Loved and watch'd of heaven, for whom     The crowned Saviour there makes room,     Sleeper, hark! He calls thee, rise,     Lift thy head, and raise thine eyes!             Now, for Jesus' sake,         Wake!

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