Dusky Hands

Dusky hands are reach­ing for the bread of life

Far across the roll­ing sea;

Shall they per­ish in their mi­se­ry and strife

Shall they al­ways hun­gry be?

Send the Gos­pel tid­ings ov­er land and sea

Let the hun­gry souls be sa­tis­fied

Till the pow’r of Je­sus sets the cap­tives free

O lead them to the Mas­ter’s side.

Dusky hands are bound in chains of want and woe

In the far off hea­then lands;

Shall we not in haste un­to their bor­ders go

Set them free

as God com­mands?

We can­not be idle any long­er now

While the souls in dark­ness die;

Gather them as jew­els for the Sav­ior’s brow

While the days are pass­ing by.

Dusky faces look to us for hope and peace

Shall they look to us in vain?

Jesus can re­deem them

cause their sighs to cease

Rend their chains of sin in twain.