Sinner, that know’st not God

Verse 1
Sinner, that knowst not God,
Lift up thy guilty eyes,
Thou stranger to th’ atoning blood,
From nature’s sleep arise:
As of salvation sure,
Thy soul insensible
Lies lull’d in Satan’s arms, secure
Within the mouth of hell.

Verse 2
Out of thy sins awake,
With deep repentance mourn,
Thyself, and the dead world forsake,
And to the Saviour turn;
The shades of hellish night
So shall thy Lord remove,
And bless thee with his Spirit’s light,
The light of faith and love.

Verse 3
The brightness of his face
Jesus to thee shall shew,
The knowledge of his pard’ning grace,
With perfect peace bestow;
The light shall still increase,
Which shews thy sins forgiven,
And thro’ the paths of righteousness
Conduct thy soul to heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”—[Eph.] v. 14. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 73.
Publishing: Public Domain