Woof and Away to Lock Haven, PA: A Flying Blog by Jasper the Dog

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Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve

546

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

86. 866

Modality

D Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Philip Doddridge [1702-1751]

Composer

George Frederic Handel [1685-1759]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Source

Melodia Sacra [1815 (adapt.)]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Sep 29, 2019 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Aug 18, 2019 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 02, 2017 00:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Aug 11, 2013 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

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.

A cloud of witnesses around
hold thee in full survey;
forget the steps already trod,
and onward urge your way,
and onward urge your way.

'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.

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.