Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#498

498. 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
• Meter: 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Commitment; Pilgrimage
• Source: The English Hymnal
• Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. DUNSTAN'S
• Composer: C. Winfred Douglas
• Meter: 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: By permission of The Church Pension Fund
• Notes: Now Public Domain