Hymn 43

Melody
  1. Lo, what a cloud of witnesses
    encompass us around!
    Men once like us with suff’rings tried,
    but now with glory crowned.

  2. They reached the finish of the course
    and thus obtained the rest.
    We too – for God fulfils his word –
    shall be with victory blest.

  3. Let us then full of confidence
    run to complete the race
    and put off sin and every weight
    which could slow down our pace.

  4. We look to Jesus even more
    than to all those around;
    in him, the Author of our faith,
    its Finisher is found.

  5. He, for the joy before him set –
    unselfish is his love –
    endured the cross, despised the shame,
    and now he reigns above.

  6. Let us, forgetting things behind,
    press on to God’s right hand;
    there, with the Saviour and his saints,
    triumphantly to stand.