3 Alleluia cannot always Be our song while here below; Make us for a while forego: 4 Therefore in our hymns we pray thee, At the last to keep thine Easter Tr. John Mason Neale, 1851, alt. Also the following 241 Eternal Light! Eternal Light 312 God of mercy, God of grace 356 Fairest Lord Jesus 362 When Jesus left his Father's throne 471 O where are kings and empires now 478 Saviour, sprinkle many nations 487 Arm of the Lord See also Sundays after Trinity, Church Militant, Missions, Brotherhood and Service 111 Septuagesima C.M. AWAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, And with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 2 A cloud of witnesses around 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye. 4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 112 Philip Doddridge, 1755 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 REAST the wave, Christian, Watch for day, Christian, 2 Fight the fight, Christian, The love of eternity Flows on for ever. 3 Lift thine eye, Christian, Raise thy heart, Christian, 91901 Thee from the love of Christ Joseph Stammers, 1880, alt. 113 F L.M. IGHT the good fight with all thy might, Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. 2 Run the straight race through God's good grace, Lift up thine eyes, and seek his face; Christ is the path, and Christ the prize. 3 Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide; 4 Faint not nor fear, his arms are near; 114 John S. B. Monsell, 1868, all. 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 ISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Rise from transitory things, Toward heaven, thy destined place. Sun and moon and stars decay, 2 Cease, my soul, O cease to mourn! Robert Seagrave, 1742, ali. 115 OLDIERS of the cross, arise! Four 7's S Gird you with your armour bright! Mighty are your enemies, Hard the battle ye must fight. 2 O'er a faithless fallen world, 3 Mid the homes of want and woe, 4 Where the shadows deepest lie, 5 To the weary and the worn Tell of realms where sorrows cease' To the outcast and forlorn Speak of mercy and of peace! 6 Guard the helpless! seek the strayed! 7 Be the banner still unfurled, Still unsheathed the Spirit's sword, W. Walsham How, 1864 116 FT in danger, oft in woe, Four 7's go; Fight the fight, maintain the strife, 2 Let your drooping hearts be glad; 3 Let not sorrow dim your eye, 4 Onward then to battle move, More than conquerors ye shall prove⚫ Christian soldiers, onward go. nry Kirke White, 1806; Frances S. Fuller-Maitland, 1827 |