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CONFLICT AND HEROISM

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Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve

(CHRISTMAS. C. M.)

Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751

George Friedrich Handel, 1728

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. Blest Saviour, introduced by thee, Havel my race be-gun;
   And,crowned with victory, at thy feet
   I'll lay my honors down, I'll lay my honors down. Amen

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My Soul, Be on Thy Guard

(LABAN. S.M.)

George Heath, 1781

Lowell Mason, 1830

1. My soul, be on thy guard ;
   Ten thousand foes arise;
   The hosts of sin are pressing hard
   To draw thee from the skies.
   
   
2. O watch, and fight, and pray;
   The battle ne'er give O'er
   Renew it boldly every day,
   And help divine implore.
   
3. Ne'er think the victory won,
   Nor lay thine armor down;
   Thy arduous work will not be done
   Till thou obtain thy crown,
   
4. Fight on, my soul, till death
   Shall bring thee to thy God ;
   He'll take thee, at thy parting breath,
   Up to his blest abode. Amen

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