Go, Messenger of Peace and Love

Go

mes­sen­ger of peace and love

To na­tions plunged in shades of night;

Like Ga­bri­el

sent from fields ab­ove

Be thine to shed ce­les­tial light.

On bar­ren rock and de­sert isle

Go

bid the Rose of Shar­on bloom

Till ar­id wastes around thee smile

Rich as the dews from morn­ing’s womb.

Go

to the hun­gry food im­part

To paths of peace the wan­der­er guide;

And lead the thirs­ty pant­ing heart

Where streams of liv­ing wa­ter glide.

Go

bid the bright and morn­ing star

From Beth­lehem’s plains re­splen­dent shine

And

pierc­ing through the gloom

afar

Shed heav’n­ly light and love di­vine.

To In­dia’s var­ious castes pro­claim

The Gos­pel’s soft

but pow­er­ful voice;

And

at the blest Re­deem­er’s name

Let ocean’s lone­ly isles re­joice.

Proclaim sal­va­tion’s joy­ful sound—

The deaf with new de­light shall hear;

Tell them the Sav­ior binds each wound

And wipes the pe­ni­te­ntial tear.

Though thou art weak

the Lord is strong;

He will con­firm thy fee­ble arm;

His serv­ants shall not suf­fer wrong

Nor wrath of man His pro­phets harm.

From north to south

from east to west

Messiah yet shall reign su­preme;

His name

by ev­ery tongue con­fessed;

His praise

the uni­vers­al theme.

Then faint not in the day of toil

When har­vest waits the reap­er’s hand;

Go

ga­ther in the glo­ri­ous spoil

And joy­ous in His pr­esence stand.

Thy love a rich re­ward shall find

From Him who sits en­throned on high;

For they who turn the err­ing mind

Shall shine like stars ab­ove the sky.