Almighty Lord, whose so­ve­reign right
Extends o’er ev­ery na­tion,
We bless Thee for the Gosp­el light
That brought to us sal­va­tion.
And un­to Thee we raise our pray­er
For all in dark­ness dwell­ing,
That they with us Thy light may share,
With us Thy praise be tell­ing.

O, hear us as we call on Thee
For all the truth pos­sess­ing;
That they may ev­er rea­dy be
To share the hea­ven­ly bless­ing.
To send to earth’s re­mot­est shore
The glad­den­ing Gos­pel sto­ry,
That all the hea­then may adore
Jesus, the King of Glo­ry.

As with Thine eyes, Lord, may we see
The world in dark­ness ly­ing;
And may Thy love the mo­tive be
To save the lost, the dy­ing.
The pre­cious har­vest wait­ing lies,
But few the work­ers num­ber—
O Church of Christ! arise! arise!
Arouse thee from thy slum­ber!

Lord, Lord, the im­pulse must be Thine,
Forgive our sloth, our dull­ness;
O quick­en us with life di­vine,
With all Thy Spi­rit’s full­ness.
So may our love and faith in­crease.
Our fer­vor and de­vo­tion;
To speed the mes­sen­gers of peace
O’er ev­ery land and ocean.

There ev­er­more be with them, Lord,
And ev­er­more be­friend them;
Be Thou their shield and great re­ward
To suc­cor and de­fend them.
Prosper their faith­ful min­is­try,
Till, in the day ap­point­ed,
The king­doms of the world shall be
The realm of Thine An­oint­ed.