The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#557

557. 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 you lies,
Christ is the path 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 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer (attributed to): John L. Hatton, b. 1793
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Boyd's Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1793; Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
• Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press