Dear Children Far Away

In lands full of dark­ness

Across the blue wave

Are ma­ny dear child­ren

The Lord died to save;

Who

reach­ing out hands

From far ov­er the sea

Are plead­ing for light

Shining on us so free.

No kind Christ­ian par­ents

To show them the way

To tell them of Je­sus

To teach them to pray;

To lead them in path­ways

Of wis­dom and truth

And teach them the love

Of our God in their youth.

No Bi­ble to bright­en

Their path­way of gloom

No hope full of glo­ry

Beyond the dark tomb;

No pro­mise of God

The sad soul to sus­tain

No know­ledge that death

To the Christ­ian is gain.

No Je­sus

no Bi­ble—

How sad is the sight

While here o’er our path­way

The Gos­pel shines bright;

Lord

op­en our hearts

To the poor child­ren there

To give them the Bi­ble

Our help

and our pray­er.