O’er Continent and Ocean

O’er con­ti­nent and ocean

From ci­ty

field

and wood

Still speak

O Lord

Thy mes­sen­gers

Of peace and bro­ther­hood.

In Ath­ens and Be­nar­es

In Rome and Ga­li­lee

They front­ed kings and con­quer­ors

And taught man­kind of Thee.

We hear

O Lord

these voic­es

And hail them as Thine own

They speak as speak the winds and tides

On plan­ets far and lone.

One God

the life of ag­es

One rule

His will ab­ove

One realm our wide hu­man­ity

One law

the law of love.

The tribes and na­tions fal­ter

In ri­val­ries of fear;

The fires of hate to ash­es turn

To dust the sword and spear.

Thy Word alone re­main­eth;

That word we speak again;

O’er sea and shore and con­ti­nent

To all the sons of men.