Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Awake my soul stretch every nerve (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Awake my soul stretch every nerve

Topic: Aspiration to Victory

Writer: Philip Doddridge

Composer: Handel

Meter: CM

Tune: Christmas (Stop)

Hymn Number: 42

Page Number: 022, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

AWAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve,

And press with vigor on;

A heav'nly race demands thy 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, intoduc'd by Thee,

Have I my race begun'

And crown'd with vict'ry at Thy feet

I'll lay my honors down.