Go Bear the Glad Tidings

O’er the wide ocean

Where tem­pests are rag­ing

Into the dark lands

Of night and of wrong;

Go bear the glad tid­ings

Ye her­alds of Je­sus

To souls that in dark­ness

Are wait­ing so long.

Go bear the glad tid­ings!

Go tell the glad sto­ry!

To souls that in dark­ness

Are wait­ing so long.

Go bear the glad tid­ings!

Go tell the glad sto­ry!

To souls that in dark­ness

Are wait­ing so long.

Waft the glad tid­ings

To na­tions in dar­kness;

Treasures of mer­cy

To pe­ni­tents bring;

Till isles of the ocean

Shall wake from their slum­ber;

And join in the prais­es

Of Je­sus our king.

Glory’s bright morn­ing

Shall break o’er the na­tions;

Millions shall join in

The glo­ri­fied song;

Go bear the glad tid­ings

Far o’er the wide ocean

And haste where the cap­tives

Are wait­ing so long.