Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Awake my soul stretch ev'ry nerve (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Awake my soul stretch ev'ry nerve

Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts

Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 866

Page Number: 510, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve,

And press with vigor on;

A heav'nly race demands your zeal,

And an immortal crown.



'Tis God's all-animating voice

That calls thee from on high;

'Tis 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 thy way.



Blest Saviour, introduced by thee,

Have we our race begun!

And crown'd with vict'ry, at thy feet

We'll lay our honors down.