Hymns Based on Hebrews 12:1

All Saints is a liturgical collect rather than a metrical hymn.

Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve is Philip Doddridge's hymn of Christian perseverance, first published posthumously in 1755.

Faith of Our Fathers is a hymn about receiving a living faith from earlier believers and carrying it forward with courage.

For All the Saints is a hymn of thanksgiving, perseverance, and Christian hope built around the biblical image of a “great cloud of witnesses.

“Forward Through the Ages” is a hymn about shared vocation across generations.

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus is a compact hymn of Christian discipleship whose strength lies in repeated personal commitment.

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God is a children’s hymn about the communion of saints and the Christian calling to holiness in ordinary life.

I’m Pressing on the Upward Way, commonly known as Higher Ground, is a gospel hymn of sanctification, aspiration, and persevering discipleship.

Lift Every Voice and Sing is at once a song of communal memory, determined hope, and prayer.

“Nothing Between” is a gospel hymn of consecration.

“O Jesus, I Have Promised” is a hymn of discipleship built around a striking tension: the singer makes a serious promise to Christ while repeatedly confessing that the promise cannot be kept by self-reliance alone.

Rejoice in God's Saints is Fred Pratt Green’s modern meditation on Christian holiness as a lived vocation rather than a category reserved for a few famous figures.

Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart is a processional hymn that turns the act of singing together into an image of the whole Christian pilgrimage.

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus is a devotional gospel hymn centered on sustained attention to Christ.

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder is an African American spiritual that transforms Jacob's dream in Genesis 28 into a communal song of perseverance, Christian commitment, and hope.