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Awake our souls, and bless his name, Whose mercies never fail; Who opens wide a door of hope, In Achor’s gloomy vale. Behold the portal wide displayed, The buildings strong and fair; Within are pastures fresh and green, And living streams are there. Enter my soul with cheerful haste, For Jesus is the door; Nor fear the serpent’s wily arts, Nor fear the lion’s roar. O may thy grace the nations lead, And Jews and Gentiles come, All travelling in one narrow path, To one eternal home.
Awake our souls, and bless his name, Whose mercies never fail; Who opens wide a door of hope, In Achor’s gloomy vale. Behold the portal wide displayed, The buildings strong and fair; Within are pastures fresh and green, And living streams are there. Enter my soul with cheerful haste, For Jesus is the door; Nor fear the serpent’s wily arts, Nor fear the lion’s roar. O may thy grace the nations lead, And Jews and Gentiles come, All travelling in one narrow path, To one eternal home.
Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- Philip Doddridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 46 · printed citation: Doddridge · subject: AWAKE—ARISE
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