Text:We Will Not Close Our Wakeful Eyes
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:STELLA

603. We Will Not Close Our Wakeful Eyes

1 We will not close our wakeful eyes,
We will not let our eyelids sleep,
But humbly lift them to the skies,
And all a solemn vigil keep;
So many years on sin bestowed,
Can we not watch one night for God?

2 How many pass the guilty night
In revelings and frantic mirth!
The creature is their sole delight,
Their happiness the things of earth;
For us suffice the season past,
We choose the better part at last.

3 We can, O Jesus, for Thy sake,
Devote our ev'ry hour to Thee;
Speak but the word, our souls shall wake,
And sing with cheerful melody;
Thy praise shall our glad tongues employ,
And ev'ry heart shall leap for joy!

Text Information
First Line: We will not close our wakeful eyes
Title: We Will Not Close Our Wakeful Eyes
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Seasons, Days, Services: Watchnight
Notes: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. Mt. 26:41.
Tune Information
Name: STELLA
Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Old English Air
Notes: M.M. 76



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