Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Awake my soul stretch every nerve (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Awake my soul stretch every nerve

Topic: Christian/Warfare

Writer: Philip Doddridge

Composer: Handel

Meter: CM

Tune: Christmas (Stop)

Hymn Number: 241

Page Number: 081, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

AWAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.


A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.


'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high;
'Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.


Blest Saviour, introduced by thee,
Have I my race begun;
And, crowned with victory, at thy feet
I'll lay my honors down.