Voices United ‎#674

674. Fight the Good Fight

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 Christ's face.
Life with its way before us lies;
Christ is the way, and Christ the prize.

3 Cast care aside, lean on your guide;
God's boundless mercy will provide;
trust, and the trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

4 Faint not nor fear, God's arms are near;
God changes not 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
• Title: Fight the Good Fight
• Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1863, alt.)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church in the World: Commitment: Trust; Adversity, Affliction & Tribulation; Calling and Response; Commitment; Conflict and Struggle; Faith; God: Guidance; Installation Services; Jesus Christ: Truth and Way; Life; Race; Seeking God; Trust; Victory; Warfare (Spiritual); Wholeness; Proper 18: Year A; Epiphany 6: Year B; Proper 15: Year C; Proper 21: Year C; Proper 26: Year C
• Notes: Alt tune: DUKE STREET

Tune Information

• Name: PENTECOST
• Composer: William Boyd (1864)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Key: G Major