The Christian — Warfare and Pilgrimage

Stand up, my soul! shake off thy fears

No. 593
Words Isaac Watts.
Singing key D major
3 stanzas

Sung to WARREN (hymn 197)

Words

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.

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,—

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.