Author: Rev. Dwight Spencer Hymnal: MT1889 #1 (1889) Tune Title: [Awake! awake! put on thy strength] First Line: Awake! awake! put on thy strength Lyrics: 1 Awake! awake! put on thy strength,
Church of the living God;
Shine forth! shine forth! thy light is come,
Its beams diffuse abroad;
To nations that in darkness wait,
Send forth thy heralds bold;
‘Til ‘round the earth from pole to pole,
The tidings shall be told.
2 They plead! "send help!" Our country’s sons
From snow-clad mount to sea;
"Send forth! send forth! the Bread of Life;"
O hear your brothers’ plea;
And Asia’s millions join the cry,
With Afric’s starving throng,
While distant islands of the sea,
The plaintive strain prolong.
3 They come! they come! the ransomed ones,
Where’er on earth their homes;
Lift up! lift up! thine eyes and see,
At last thy triumph comes.
O glorious hour! the voice from heaven
Proclaims from shore to shore,
The kingdoms of this world are Christ’s
He reigns for evermore. Languages: English
The Missionary Triumph