Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#517

517. Fight the good fight with all your might

1 Fight the good fight with all your might;
Christ is your strength, and Christ your right;
lay hold on life, and it shall be
your joy and crown eternally.

2 Run the straight race through God's good grace,
lift up your eyes, and seek his face;
life with its way before us lies;
Christ is the way, and Christ the prize.

3 Cast care aside, lean on your Guide;
his boundless mercy will provide.
Trust, and your trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

4 Faint not, nor fear; his arms are near;
he does not change, and you are dear:
only believe, and Christ shall be
your all in all eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: Fight the good fight with all your might
• Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 5:7
  ;
  1 Timothy 6:12
  ;
  2 Timothy 4:7-8
  ;
  Colossians 3:11
  ;
  Hebrews 12:1-2
  ;
  Hebrews 13:8
  ;
  James 1:12
  ;
  Malachi 3:6
  ;
  Psalm 119:151
• Topic: Life in Christ: Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Conflict; Eternal Life; Trust

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer (attributed to): John L. Hatton (d. 1793)
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1874-1948)
• Meter: LM
• Key: D Major
• Source: Boyd's Psalm and Hymn Times, 1793
• Copyright: Arrangement © Oxford University Press