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Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,053 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14 Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve,
and press with vigor on;
a heav'nly race demands thy zeal,
and an immortal crown.
2 A cloud of witnesses around
hold thee in full survey;
forget the steps already trod
and onward urge your 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;
4 that prize, with peerless glories bright
which shall new lustre boast,
when victors' wreaths and monarch's gems
shall blend in common dust.
5 Blest Saviour, introduced by thee
have I my race begun,
and crowned with vict'ry, at thy feet
I'll lay my honors down.
Topics: Call and Response; Faith and Aspiration; Pilgrimage and Conflict Used With Tune: ST. FULBERT
Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
And Can It Be
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 286 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:9-11 First Line: And can it be that I should gain Refrain First Line: Amazing love! How can it be Lyrics: 1 And can it be that I should gain
an interest in the Savior's blood?
Died he for me, who caused his pain–
for me, who caused his bitter death?
Amazing love! How can it be
that you, my Lord, should die for me?
Refrain:
Amazing love! How can it be
that you, my Lord, should die for me?!
2 He left his Father's throne above–
so free, so infinite his grace–
emptied himself of all but love,
and bled for Adam's helpless race!
What mercy this, immense and free,
for, O my God, it found out me! [Refrain]
3 Long my imprisoned spirit lay
fast bound in sin and nature's night.
Your sunrise turned that night to day;
I woke– the dungeon flamed with light!
My chains fell off, your voice I knew;
I rose, went out, and followed you. [Refrain]
4 No condemnation now I dread,
for Christ, and all in him, is mine!
Alive in him, my living Head,
and clothed in righteousness divine,
bold I approach the eternal throne
and claim the crown, through Christ, my own. [Refrain]
Topics: Biblical Names & Places Adam; Deliverance; Love God's Love to Us; Profession of Faith; Suffering of Christ; Confession and Forgiveness; Assurance; Atonement; Biblical Names & Places Adam; Blood of Christ; Christmas; Confession of Sin; Deliverance; Forgiveness; Freedom; Hope; Love God's Love to Us; Mercy; Profession of Faith; Redemption; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: SAGINA
And Can It Be
All praise to our redeeming Lord
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Scripture: Philippians 3:15-16 Lyrics: 1 All praise to our redeeming Lord,
who joins us by his grace,
and bids us, each to each restored,
together seek his face.
2 He bids us build each other up;
and, gathered into one,
to our high calling’s glorious hope
we hand in hand go on.
3 The gift which he on one bestows,
we all delight to prove;
the grace through every vessel flows,
in purest streams of love.
4 Ev'n now we think and speak the same,
and cordially agree;
concentred all, through Jesus’ name,
in perfect harmony.
5 We all partake the joy of one,
the common peace we feel,
a peace to sensual minds unknown,
a joy unspeakable.
6 And if our fellowship below
in Jesus be so sweet,
what heights of rapture shall we know
when round his throne we meet! Used With Tune: ST MAGNUS
All praise to our redeeming Lord
[All but this is love]
Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dan Schutte Scripture: Philippians 3:6-16 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 55531 45675 34563 Used With Text: Only This I Want
[All but this is love]
ABERYSTWYTH
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 255 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Parry Scripture: Philippians 3:16 Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 11234 53213 21712 Used With Text: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
ABERYSTWYTH
A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #467 (2001) Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify.
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;
O may it all my pow'rs engage
To do my Master's will!
Alternate:
Come, ye the love the Lord,
And let your joys be known:
Join in a song of sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne. Topics: Jesus Christ Our Love For Jesus; Meter Hymns; Testimony, Witness and Evangelism Languages: English Tune Title: [A charge to keep I have]
A Charge to Keep I Have
A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #468 (2001) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;
O may it all my pow'rs engage
To do my Master's will!
3 Arm me with jealous care
As in Thy sight to live,
And now Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give!
4 Help me to watch and pray,
And still on Thee rely,
O let me not my trust betray,
But press to realms on high. Topics: Testimony, Witness and Evangelism Languages: English Tune Title: BOYLSTON
A Charge to Keep I Have
A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Total Praise #468 (2011) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;
O may it all my pow'rs engage
To do my Master's will!
3 Arm me with watchful care
As in Thy sight to live,
And now Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give!
4 Help me to watch and pray,
And still on Thee rely,
O let me not my trust betray,
But press to realms on high. Topics: Aspiration; Commitment and Submission; Prayer and Intercession; Salvation; Testimony, Witness, Evangelism Languages: English Tune Title: BOYLSTON
A Charge to Keep I Have
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Scripture: Philippians 3:4-16 Composer of "MOZART" in Common Praise (1998) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
A. H. Ackley
1887 - 1960 Person Name: Alfred H. Ackley Scripture: Philippians 3:10 Author of "He Lives" in The Worshiping Church Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles.
Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)
A. H. Ackley
Cecil Frances Alexander
1818 - 1895 Person Name: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Scripture: Philippians 3:4-16 Translator of "I Bind unto Myself Today" in Common Praise (1998) As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858).
Bert Polman
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Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:—
1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension.
2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word).
3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father.
4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve.
5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day.
6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God.
7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany.
8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord.
9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God.
10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints.
11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James.
12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension.
13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity.
14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism.
15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children.
16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial.
Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern.
Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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