Quote#God & Faith
Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve
Quote byPhilip Doddridge · 1702–1751
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown.
— Philip Doddridge
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