Almighty Lord, Whose Sovereign Right

Almighty Lord

whose sov­er­eign right

Extends o’er ev­ery na­tion

We bless Thee for the Gosp­el light

That brought to us sal­va­tion.

And un­to Thee we raise our pray­er

For all in dark­ness dwell­ing

That they with us Thy light may share

With us Thy praise be tell­ing.

O

hear us as we call on Thee

For all the truth pos­sess­ing;

That they may ev­er rea­dy be

To share the heav­en­ly bless­ing.

To send to earth’s re­mot­est shore

The glad­den­ing Gos­pel sto­ry

That all the hea­then may ad­ore

Jesus

the King of Glo­ry.

As with Thine eyes

Lord

may we see

The world in dark­ness ly­ing;

And may Thy love the mo­tive be

To save the lost

the dy­ing.

The pre­cious har­vest wait­ing lies

But few the work­ers num­ber—

O Church of Christ! arise! arise!

Arouse thee from thy slum­ber!

Lord

Lord

the im­pulse must be Thine

Forgive our sloth

our dull­ness;

O quick­en us with life di­vine

With all Thy Spir­it’s full­ness.

So may our love and faith in­crease.

Our fer­vor and de­vo­tion;

To speed the mes­sen­gers of peace

O’er ev­ery land and ocean.

There ev­er­more be with them

Lord

And ev­er­more be­friend them;

Be Thou their shield and great re­ward

To suc­cor and de­fend them.

Prosper their faith­ful min­is­try

Till

in the day ap­point­ed

The king­doms of the world shall be

The realm of Thine An­oint­ed.