A School Service Book #d38
Display Title: Fight the good fight with all thy [your] might First Line: Fight the good fight with all thy [your] might Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell Date: 1939
A School Service Book #d38

1. Fight the good fight with all your might;
Christ is your strength, and Christ is 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 us lies;
Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.
3. Cast care aside; upon your Guide
Lean, and his mercy will provide;
Lean, and the trusting soul shall prove
Christ is its life, and Christ its love.
4. Faint not, nor fear, his arms are near;
He changes not, and you are dear;
Only believe, and own it true
That Christ is all in all to you.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #306
John Samuel Bewley Monsell (b. St. Colomb's, Londonderry, Ireland, 1811; d. Guilford, Surrey, England, 1875) was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and served as a chaplain and rector of several churches in Ireland after his ordination in 1835. Transferred to England in 1853, he became rector of Egham in Surrey and was rector of St. Nicholas Church in Guilford from 1870 until his death (caused by a construction accident at his church). A prolific poet, Monsell published his verse in eleven volumes. His three hundred hymns, many celebrating the seasons of the church year, were issued in collections such as Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems (1837), Spiritual Songs (1857), Hymns of Love and Praise (1863), and The Parish Hymnal (1873).
Bert P… Go to person page >| First Line: | Fight the good fight with all thy might |
| Title: | Fight the Good Fight |
| Author: | John S. B. Monsell (1863) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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