wakes the dead

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So a soul may stiffen into the death of self and sin, even though the voice that wakes the dead to a life of love be calling to it.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander

“Thrice pronounc’d, in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead: Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breath’d a sullen sound.”

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

After the usual prologue an angel thrice blows the trumpet blast that wakes the dead, crying aloud Surgite!

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Revive Thy work, O Lord, Thy mighty arm make bare, Speak with the voice that wakes the dead, And make Thy people hear.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

Thy mighty arm make bare; Speak, with the voice that wakes the dead, And make thy people hear.

From The Otterbein Hymnal For Use in Public and Social Worship by Lorenz, Edmund S.