Go Bear the Joyful Tidings

Go bear the joy­ful tid­ings

That first

on Ju­dah’s plain

Awoke the won­der­ing shep­herds

To praise Mes­si­ah’s name;

Exalt the King of glo­ry

Who left His throne on high

And came to earth a ran­som

For guil­ty man to die.

Go sound the Gos­pel trum­pet

Beyond the roll­ing sea

From chains of sin and dark­ness

To set the cap­tive free.

Go in your Mas­ter’s vine­yard

And la­bor heart and hand;

The word of life eter­nal

Proclaim to ev­ery land—

The sweet and pre­cious pro­mise

To all who will be­lieve

Free grace and full sal­va­tion

For all who will re­ceive.

Go tell the brok­en spir­it

That vain­ly sighs for rest

There is a home in glo­ry

A home for ev­er blest;

Go bring the lost to Je­sus

His ten­der love to share;

Go forth to ev­ery na­tion:

Immortal souls are there.