Ye Distant Lands, and Nations Near

Ye dist­ant lands

and na­tions near

Behold your Sav­ior God;

The joy­ful news at­tent­ive hear

And spread it all abroad.

His op­en­ing lips and out­stretched arms

Invite you near His seat

Whilst on His face un­num­bered charms

In full per­fect­ion meet.

Let Is­ra­el all adore their Lord

His love their thoughts em­ploy;

The pro­mis­es in Scrip­ture stored

Shall yield abun­dant joy.

“In right­eous­ness have I dec­lared

The Word shall not re­turn

I will be hon­ored

loved and feared

Through Mine an­oint­ed Son.

Then look to me

and be ye saved

Through earth’s re­mot­est bound;

By sins and id­ols now en­slaved

In Me your help is found.