Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#291

291. All Who Would Valiant Be

1. All who would valiant be
'Gainst all disaster,
Let them in constancy
Follow the master.
There's no discouragement
Shall make them once relent
Their first avowed intent
To be true pilgrims.

2. Who so beset them round
With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound;
Their strength the more is.
No foes shall stay their might;
Though they with giants fight,
They will make good their right
To be true pilgrims.

3. Since, Lord, you will defend
Us with your Spirit,
We know we at the end
Shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away!
We'll fear not what they say,
We'll labor night and day
To be true pilgrims.

Text Information

• First Line: All who would valiant be
• Title: All Who Would Valiant Be
• Author: John Bunyan (1684)
• Adapter: Percy Dearmer (1906)
• Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Proverbs 1:32-33
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 19
• Notes: Text by English nonconformist minister John Bunyan, from The Second Part of the Pilgrim’s Progress, 2nd ed. (1684), adapt. by Percy Dearmer for The English Hymnal (1906), alt. as in the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978).

Tune Information

• Name: MONKS GATE
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.5
• Incipit: 12313 4565
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: English folk tune “Our captain calls all hands on board tomorrow” arr. as MONKS GATE by R. Vaughan Williams for The English Hymnal.