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XVI. The World For Christ
This Missionary Service is built upon the following hymn which should be used as the Instrumental Prelude, but not sung until called for in the service itself.
Note that each stanza is sung separately, also each Refrain.
| O Zion Haste, Thy Mission | ||||
| (TIDINGS. 11, 10, 11, 10. With Refrain) | ||||
| Mary A. Thomson, 1870 | James Walch, 1875 | |||
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1 Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling,
To tell to all the world that God is Light,
That he who made all nations is not willing
One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
2 Behold how many thousand still are lying
Bound in the darksome prison-house of sin,
With none to tell them of the Saviour's dying,
Or of the life he died for them to win
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
3 Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious,
Give of they wealth to speed them on their way;
Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious;
And all thou spendest Jesus will repay.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
4 He comes again: O Zion, ere thou meet him,
Make known to every heart his saving grace;
Let none whom he hath ransomed fail to greet him,
Through thy neglect, unfit to see his face.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release. Amen.
To tell to all the world that God is Light,
That he who made all nations is not willing
One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
2 Behold how many thousand still are lying
Bound in the darksome prison-house of sin,
With none to tell them of the Saviour's dying,
Or of the life he died for them to win
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
3 Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious,
Give of they wealth to speed them on their way;
Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious;
And all thou spendest Jesus will repay.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
4 He comes again: O Zion, ere thou meet him,
Make known to every heart his saving grace;
Let none whom he hath ransomed fail to greet him,
Through thy neglect, unfit to see his face.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release. Amen.
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