Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Warfare and Pilgrimage

Stand up, my soul! shake off thy fears

  • No. 593
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Stand up, my soul! shake off thy fears,And gird the gospel armor on;Awake and run the heavenly race;Let every trembling thought be gone.

2

True, 't is a strait and thorny road,And mortal spirits tire and faint;But they forget the mighty God,Who is the strength of every saint,—

3

The mighty God, whose matchless powerIs ever new and ever young,And firm endures, while endless yearsTheir everlasting circles run.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «593» (large) in the left column of p. 193, under «James Montgomery.» of hymn 592, with the italic reference line «197, 923, 104.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 197, 923 or 104) beside the number; three stanzas, numbered «1», «2», «3» (no period; written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book), lines 2 and 4 of each stanza indented; «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 3. The first word «STAND» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. «'t is» is printed with a space after the apostrophe and kept so (the convention of this book's deliveries). Stanza 2 ends «saint,—» (comma and dash), running on into stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («soul !», «on ;», «race ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Warfare and Pilgrimage · No. 593 · printed page 193
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01