Salvation for Africa

Dark land by night op­pressed

Chained by the chains of wrong;

Crying for liv­ing bread

And Gos­pel light so strong

With none to bear this light to thee

I pray

O God

send me

To tell the story ev­er new.

God’s pro­mises are true

He will His own de­fend

Arise and shine for Him

Your light ne’er let grow dim.

Salvation’s sound shall yet ring round

Old Af­ric’s coast by er­ror bound

And Je­sus shall the vic­tor be.

Let not the cares of earth

Fast bind me to my home;

Break ev­ery fet­ter

break

I am my dear Lord’s own.

I’ll go wher­e’er His hand may lead

Doubt not or ev­er be afraid

But trust His grace; lean on His Word.

Jesus shall come again

When this whole world has heard

The Gos­pel preach­ed and sung;

O Christ­ian

tell the word

Haste

haste the day when Christ shall reign

As con­qu’ror and prince di­vine

Triumphant o’er this world’s do­main.