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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 611 · Words: Philip Doddridge
Awake, My Soul!
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A call to spiritual perseverance by Philip Doddridge, drawing on Hebrews 12's imagery of running the race with endurance before a cloud of witnesses. Published posthumously in 1755.
Verse 1
Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigor on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.
Verse 2
'Tis God's all animating voice
That calls thee from on high;
'Tis He whose hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.
Verse 3
A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.
Verse 4
Blest Savior, introduced by Thee,
Our race have we begun;
And, crowned with victory, at Thy feet
We'll lay our trophies down.
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