O What a World This World Would Be

lyricist: William Martin, 1913
Composer: Rufus Cornelius

If ev­ery knee would hum­bly bow

And ev­ery tongue con­fess the Lord

If ev­ery heart would hum­bly vow

To live ac­cord­ing to His word

O what a world this world would be;

What won­ders ev­ery eye should see;

If all would hum­bly bow the knee

O what a world this world would be.

If all the world would now be­gin

To live the life of cha­ri­ty;

And put away the reign of sin

O what a world this world would bring!

If ev­ery heart would glad­ly own

Our Sav­ior as its Lord and king;

If He should reign

and He alone

What joys His kind­ly reign would bring!

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