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

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

Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern

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Author or tradition
Philip Doddridge
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Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race.

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