1
\nAwake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
\nAnd press with vigor on;
\nA heavenly race demands thy zeal,
\nAnd an immortal crown.<\/p>\n
2
\n\u2019Tis God\u2019s all animating voice
\nThat calls thee from on high;
\n\u2019Tis He whose hand presents the prize
\nTo thine aspiring eye.<\/p>\n
3
\nA cloud of witnesses around
\nHold thee in full survey;
\nForget the steps already trod,
\nAnd onward urge thy way.<\/p>\n
4
\nBlest Savior, introduced by Thee,
\nOur race have we begun;
\nAnd, crowned with victory, at Thy feet
\nWe\u2019ll lay our trophies down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2 \u2019Tis God\u2019s all animating voice That calls thee from on high; \u2019Tis He whose hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye. 3 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 4 Blest Savior, introduced by Thee, Our race have we begun; And, crowned with victory, at Thy feet We\u2019ll lay our trophies down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,41,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-601-700","category-christian-life","category-christian-warfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6895,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/6895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}