Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Awake my soul stretch every nerve
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Christmas
Hymn Number: 640
Page Number: 233, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA-wake, my soul, stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands your zeal,
And an immortal crown,
And an im-mor-tal crown.
'T is God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high:
'T is his own hand presents the prize
To thy aspiring eye.
A cloud of witnesses around,
Holds thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge the way.
Blest Savior, introduced by thee,
Have we our race begun!
And crowned with victory at thy feet
We'll lay our honors down.