Hymn
Lamenting Spiritual Sloth
- Writer
- Isaac Watts
My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
Awake, my sluggish soul!
Nothing has half thy work to do
Yet nothing's half so dull.
We, for whose sake all nature stands,
And stars their courses move;
We, for whose guard the angel bands
Come flying from above;
We, for whom God the Son came down
And labored for our good,
How careless to secure that crown
He purchased with His blood.
Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still,
And never act our parts?
Come, holy Dove, from th'heavenly hill,
Renew and warm our hearts.
Amen.
Lamenting Spiritual Sloth — Text from Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes, 1899. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/lamenting-spiritual-sloth
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Lamenting Spiritual Sloth?
The words of Lamenting Spiritual Sloth were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1899. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including The Christian Race and Conviction of Sin by the Law.
Is Lamenting Spiritual Sloth public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes, published in 1899. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Lamenting Spiritual Sloth?
Lamenting Spiritual Sloth is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Only Plea, Christ's Compassion to the Weak and My God, my everlasting hope.