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Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Author: Johann Burchard Freystein; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 7.6.7.6.3.3.6.6 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Rise, my soul, to watch and pray, From thy sleep awake thee (Winkworth)
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
[Rise, my soul, to watch and pray]
Appears in 94 hymnals Incipit: 33551 23671 32215 Used With Text: Rise, my soul, to watch and pray
[Rise, my soul, to watch and pray]
STRAF MICH NICHT
Meter: 7.6.7.6.3.3.6.6 Appears in 84 hymnals Tune Sources: Hundert...geistlicher Arien, Dresden, 1694, alt.; Christian Worship, 1993 (Setting) Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33455 12367 13213 Used With Text: Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
STRAF MICH NICHT
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Author: J. B. Freystein, 1671-1718; C. Winkworth, 1827-78 Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #253 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6.3.3.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray;
From thy sleep awaken!
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o'ertaken.
For the foe,
Well we know,
Oft his harvest reapeth
While the Christian sleepeth.
2 Watch against the devil's snares
Lest asleep he find thee;
For indeed no pains he spares
To deceive and blind thee.
Satan's prey
Oft are they
Who secure are sleeping
And no watch are keeping.
3 Watch! Let not the wicked world
With its pow'r defeat thee.
Watch lest with her pomp unfurled
She betray and cheat thee.
Watch and see
Lest there be
Faithless friends to charm thee,
Who but seek to harm thee.
4 Watch against thyself, my soul,
Lest with grace thou trifle;
Let not self thy thoughts control
Nor God's mercy stifle.
Pride and sin
Lurk within
All thy hopes to scatter;
Heed not when they flatter.
5 But while watching, also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
He will free thee, be thy Stay,
Strength and faith increasing.
O Lord, bless
In distress
And let nothing swerve me
From the will to serve Thee.
6 Therefore let us watch and pray,
Knowing He will hear us
As we see from day to day
Dangers ever near us,
And the end
Doth impend--
Our redemption neareth
When the Lord appeareth.
Topics: Lent 1 Languages: English Tune Title: STRAF MICH NICHT
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Author: Johann B. Freystein, 1671-1718; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #302 (1982) Meter: 7.6.7.6.3.3.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray;
From your sleep awaken;
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o'ertaken.
Satan's prey
Oft are they
Who secure are sleeping
And no watch are keeping.
2 Watch against the world that frowns
Darkly to dismay you;
Watch when it your wishes crowns,
Smiling to betray you.
Watch and see,
You are free
From false friends who charm you
While they seek to harm you.
3 Watch against yourself, my soul,
Lest with grace you trifle;
Let not self your thoughts control
Nor God's mercy stifle.
Pride and sin
Lurk within,
All your hopes to shatter;
Heed not when they flatter.
4 But while watching, also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
God alone can make you free,
Strength and faith increasing,
So that still
Mind and will
Heartfelt praises tender
And true service render.
Topics: Commitment; The Church Militant; Watchfulness Languages: English Tune Title: STRAF MICH NICHT
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Johann B. Freystein, 1671-1718 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #443 (1978) Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray;
From your sleep awaken;
Be not by the evil day
Unawares o'ertaken.
Satan's prey oft are they
Who secure are sleeping
And no watch are keeping.
2 Watch against the world that frowns
Darkly to dismay you;
Watch when it your wishes crowns,
Smiling to betray you
Watch and see, you are free
From false friends who charm you
While they seek to harm you.
3 Watch against yourself, my soul,
Lest with grace you trifle;
Let not self your thoughts control
Nor God's mercy stifle.
Pride and sin lurk within,
All your hopes to shatter;
Heed not when they flatter.
4 But while watching, also pray
To the Lord unceasing.
God alone can make you free,
Strength and faith increasing,
So that still mind and will
Heartfelt praises tender
And true service render. Topics: Prayer; Pentecost 12 (Year C); Commitment; Prayer; Watchfulness Languages: English Tune Title: STRAF MICH NICHT
Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
John J. Overholt
1918 - 2000 Person Name: Compiler Alterer of "Rise My Soul to Watch and Pray" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship.
An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal).
A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns.
Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986.
During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania.
Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church.
Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song.
--Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.
John J. Overholt
Anna Hoppe
1889 - 1941 Person Name: Anna Hoppe Author of "Rise, My Soul, To Watch And Pray" in American Lutheran Hymnal Anna Hoppe was born on May 7, 1889 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She left school after the eighth grade and worked as a stenographer. She began writing patriotic verses when she was very young and by the age of 25 she was writing spiritual poetry. After some of her poems appeared in the Northwestern Lutheran, a periodical of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, they came to the attention of Dr. Adolf Hult of Augustana Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois. He influenced her to write her Songs for the Church Year (1928). Several hymnals include her work, which was usually set to traditional chorale melodies, although she also made a number of translations. She died on August 2, 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Anna Hoppe
Johann Rosenmüller
1619 - 1684 Person Name: J. Rosenmüller, 1619-84 Composer of "STRAF MICH NICHT" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Johann Rosenmueller, b. about 1615, Kursachsen; d. 1686, Wolfenbuettel
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Johann Rosenmüller
