God Is Working His Purpose Out

God is work­ing His pur­pose out

As year suc­ceeds to year;

God is work­ing his pur­pose out

And the time is draw­ing near;

Nearer and near­er draws the time

The time that shall sure­ly be

When the earth shall be filled

With the glo­ry of God

As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

From ut­most east to ut­most west

Where’er man’s foot hath trod

By the mouth of ma­ny mes­sen­gers

Goes forth the voice of God:

Give ear to Me

ye con­ti­nents

Ye isles

give ear to Me

That the earth may be filled

With the glo­ry of God

As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

What can we do to work God’s work

To pros­per and in­crease

The bro­ther­hood of all man­kind

The reign of the Prince of Peace?

What can we do to hast­en the time?

The time that shall sure­ly be

When the earth shall be filled

With the glo­ry of God

As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

March we forth in the strength of God

With the ban­ner of Christ un­furled

That the light of the glo­ri­ous Gos­pel of truth

May shine through­out the world;

Fight we the fight with sor­row and sin

To set their cap­tives free

That the earth may be filled

With the glo­ry of God

As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

All we can do is no­thing worth

Unless God bless­es the deed;

Vainly we hope for the har­vest-tide

Till God gives life to the seed;

Yet near and near­er draws the time

The time that shall sure­ly be

When the earth shall be filled

With the glo­ry of God

As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.