Lutheran Worship ‎#383

383. 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
• Adapter: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
• Author: John Bunyan
• Meter: 65 65 6665
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Love and Obedience; Pilgrimage
• Copyright: From the English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press. Text altered by permission.
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MONK'S GATE
• Adapter: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 65 65 6665
• Key: D Major
• Source: English Traditional Melody; Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Copyright: From the "English Hymnal" by permission of Oxford University Press.