The Cyber Hymnal ‎#316

316. Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve

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

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

3. ’Tis God’s all animating voice
That calls thee from on high;
’Tis His own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye,
To thine aspiring eye.

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

Text Information

• First Line: Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve
• Title: Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTMAS
• Composer: George Handel (1728)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 34517 65123 34555
• Key: D Major
• Source: From the opera Ciroë (Cyrus), 1728
• Copyright: Public Domain