All Praise Be to God! (Holme)

All praise be to God! O’er the bil­lows of ocean

Thro’ isles of the south and the north

The mis­sions have sped with tri­umph­ant de­vo­tion

To com­pass the bounds of the earth.

Sweet pow­er that thus to the hea­then un­veil­eth

The need and the tri­umph of pray­er;

How co­ve­nant mer­cy in Je­sus pre­vail­eth

O’er ig­nor­ance

guilt and des­pair.

On

on

ye swift mes­sen­gers

her­alds of Jesus

O’er mount­ain

o’er de­sert

and wave!

Proclaim thro’ the na­tions His pow­er to re­lease us

From ter­rors of death and des­pair.

On

on

with the arm of His right­eous­ness o’er you

The strong­holds of sin to de­stroy!

On

on

with the spir­it of glo­ry be­fore you

To give you a har­vest of joy.