Over the last six months I’ve been obsessed with the melody that is commonly attributed to the song Morning Has Broken (SASB #35). Over the last few years I’ve been obsessed with four particular passages of scripture: Ephesians 5:13-14, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Isaiah 6:1-8 and John 12:12-19. Over the last few months I’ve tried to combine these obsessions in song form. The result: Wake Up, O Sleeper. If you have your Salvation Army Tune Book handy, you can sing these lyrics to number 735.
If you would like the chords to this song (in an easier key than the song book) feel free to email me.
Wake Up, O Sleeper
Words by: Eric Himes from Ephesians 5:13-14, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Isaiah 6:1-8, John 12:12-19; Music: Old Gaelic Melody (Tune Book #735)
VERSE 1 (Ephesians 5:13-14):
Wake up, O sleeper
Claim resurrection,
Shake out the slumber
Stand up and sing!
Christ will shine on you
Golden reflections
Victr’y, he will prove;
Death has no sting
VERSE 2 (Ezekiel 37:1-14):
You saw a valley
Teeming with dry bones,
And made an Army
Stand to their feet.
Knit them together
Flesh on their marrow
Breathed out the Spirit
Made them complete.
VERSE 3 (Isaiah 6:1-8):
You fill creation
With Your Glory,
And filled the Temple
With your robe.
Shook its foundation
Host’s calling: “Holy”
Gave a commission
Asked who will go.
VERSE 4 (John 12:12-19):
Lord in your entrance
You are triumphant
We lay our branches
Down at your feet.
Hailing Salvation
Shouting “Hosanna”
Praise God in Heaven
Here comes our King.
Youth Department