Speed Thy Servants, Savior

Speed Thy serv­ants

Sav­ior

speed them;

Thou art Lord of winds and waves;

They were bound

but Thou hast freed them;

Now they go to free the slaves:

Be Thou with them

’Tis Thine arm alone that saves.

Be Thou with them

’Tis Thine arm alone that saves.

Friends

and home

and all for­sak­ing

Lord they go at Thy com­mand

As their stay Thy pro­mise tak­ing

While they tra­verse sea and land:

O be with them;

Lead them safe­ly by the hand.

O be with them;

Lead them safe­ly by the hand.

When they reach the land of strang­ers

And the pros­pect dark ap­pears

Nothing seen but toils and dang­ers

Nothing felt but doubts and fears

Be Thou with them

Hear their sighs and count their tears.

Be Thou with them

Hear their sighs and count their tears.

When no fruit ap­pears to cheer them

And they seem to toil in vain

Then in mer­cy

Lord

draw near them

Then their sink­ing hopes sus­tain:

Thus sup­port­ed

Let their zeal re­vive again.

Thus sup­port­ed

Let their zeal re­vive again.

In the midst of op­po­si­tion

Let them trust

O Lord

in Thee;

When suc­cess at­tends their mis­sion

Let Thy serv­ants hum­bler be:

Never leave them

Till Thy face in Heav’n they see.

Never leave them

Till Thy face in Heav’n they see.

There to reap in joy for­ev­er

Fruit that grows from seed here sown;

There to be with Him

who nev­er

Ceases to pre­serve His own;

And with glad­ness

Give the praise to Him alone.

And with glad­ness

Give the praise to Him alone.