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Play “Running the Christian Race”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Running the Christian Race (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve,
- And press with vigor on!
- A heav'nly race demands thy zeal,
- And an immortal crown,
- And an immortal crown.
- 2A cloud of witnesses around
- Hold thee in full survey;
- Forget the steps already trod,
- And onward urge thy way,
- And onward urge thy 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,
- To thine aspiring eye.
- 4Blest Savior, introduced by Thee,
- Have I my race begun;
- And, crowned with vict'ry, at Thy feet
- I'll lay my honors down,
- I'll lay my honors down.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Running the Christian Race page.
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