Send the News

Send the Gos­pel mes­sage ov­er land and sea;

Strike the chains of dark­ness

set the cap­tive free;

Be the work of mer­cy ear­nest­ly be­gun

Tell to ev­ery crea­ture what the Lord has done.

Send the bless­èd news

On the wings of faith and ear­nest pray­er;

Send the news

the bless­èd news!

Into all the world the tid­ings bear.

Need we cross the sea the la­bor to begin

While around us souls are dy­ing in their sin?

’Neath the ve­ry sha­dows of our sac­red spires

See the smoke of in­cense rise from pa­gan fires.

Into all the world

go

preach the word of peace;

Work

and watch

and pray

His king­dom to in­crease.

Give of time and ta­lent

give of earth­ly store;

Send the bless­èd news: God reigns from shore to shore.