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Text:I Will Press on to Perfection
Author:Philipp Friedrich Hiller, 1699-1769
Translator:John J. Overholt
Tune:GÜTERSLOH

281. I Will Press on to Perfection

Text Information
First Line: I will press on to perfection
Title: I Will Press on to Perfection
German Title: Ich will streben nach dem Leben
Translator: John J. Overholt (1970)
Author: Philipp Friedrich Hiller, 1699-1769
Meter: 8.5.8.5.7.7.8.5.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Christian Life: Pilgrimage, Race
Copyright: Translation Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3:14.
Tune Information
Name: GÜTERSLOH
Meter: 8.5.8.5.7.7.8.5.
Incipit: 32211 35443 33
Key: F Major
Source: Melody from Würtemberg, c. 1853
Notes: M.M. 72



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