Scripture Verse

Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: J. How­ard Ent­wisle, 1899 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ent­wisle (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Take the world for Je­sus,
Sound the great bat­tle cry,
Let the migh­ty cho­rus ring;
Take the world for Je­sus,
Raise the bright stan­dard high,
As we shout, as we march, as we sing.

Let the Gos­pel sto­ry roll around the world,
Everywhere let joy pr­evail,
Since the sac­ri­fice of Christ our Sav­ior
For the sins of the world doth avail.

Let all the na­tions now in Him re­joice,
Who hath by His pre­cious blood
Redeemed us, and pre­pared a man­sion
In the bright glo­ry land above.

Out on the moun­tains of sin and des­pair,
Millions are per­ish­ing, need­ing our care;
Shall we not send them the mes­sage to­day?
Shall we not help with­out fur­ther de­lay?

Tell them of Je­sus who rose from the grave,
Tell them of Je­sus the Migh­ty to Save;
Plenteous sal­va­tion in Him doth abound,
Cleansing and heal­ing in Je­sus are found.

Take the world for Je­sus,
Sound the great bat­tle cry,
Let the mighty cho­rus ring;
Take the world for Je­sus,
Raise the bright stand­ard high,
As we shout, as we march, as we sing.