Heralds of Light

Speed away! speed away!

O ye her­alds of light

There are mill­ions en­shroud­ed

In na­ture’s dark night

Who are will­ing to hear

And the truth to re­ceive

But know of no Sav­ior

On whom to be­lieve.

O they’re dy­ing by thou­sands

In sin ev­ery day!

Speed away! speed away!

Speed away!

Let the Church to the help

Of Je­ho­vah draw near—

Come with love

and with faith

And with fer­vor in pray­er!

Let her fling to the breeze

The pure ban­ner of truth

And en­list in the strug­gle

Her warm-heart­ed youth;

Let the par­ents and child­ren

And ev­ery­one say

Speed away! speed away!

Speed away!

We will lay on the al­tar

Our mo­ney and pray­ers:

And we’ll bathe ev­ery of­fer­ing

In sym­pa­thy’s tears—

For the Jews and Mo­ham­med­ans

Gentiles and all;

On Je­ho­vah by night

And by day we will call

And ye her­alds of mer­cy

Oh! make no de­lay!

Speed away! speed away!

Speed away!

Speed away! speed away

With a mes­sage from Heav’n

To all na­tions of men

Let the tid­ings be giv’n

That Mes­siah has tri­umphed

Is foes are all slain

And the earth as an Ed­en

Is blush­ing again!

O great Sav­ior

let no­thing

This con­quest de­lay

Speed away! speed away!

Speed away!