“AWAKE, MY SOUL, TO JOYFUL LAYS.”
This glad hymn of Samuel Medley is his thanksgiving song, written soon after his conversion. In 323 / 277 the places of rural worship no lay of Christian praise and gratitude was ever more heartily sung than this at the testimony meetings.
Awake, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me:
His loving-kindness, oh, how free!
Loving-kindness, loving-kindness,
His loving-kindness, oh, how free!