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O Israel, to thy tents repair!
Why thus secure on hostile ground?
Thy Lord commands thee to beware,
For many foes thy camp surround.
The trumpet gives a martial strain :
O Israel, gird thee for the fight!
Arise, the combat to maintain,
And put thine enemies to flight !
Thou shouldst not sleep, as others do ;
Awake ; be vigilant; be brave !
The coward, and the sluggard too,
Must wear the fetters of the slave.
A nobler lot is cast for thee;
A crown awaits thee in the skies:
With such a hope shall Israel flee,
And yield, through weariness, the prize?
No; let a careless world repose,
And slumber on through life’s short day,
While Israel to the conflict goes,
And bears the glorious prize away.
---Alternative verses---
O sleep not thou, as others do;
Awake, be vigilant, be brave;
The coward and the sluggard too
Must wear the fetters of the slave.
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Hymn/Song Book
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ERNAN
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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| # 489 | Bb | | # 118 | Bb | | # 169 | Bb | | # 189 | Bb | | # 424.2 | No key | | # 568 | Bb | | # 114 | Bb | | # 135 | Bb | | # 184 | Bb |
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