MISSIONARY HYMN by J. Scofford

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 13, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 15.

MISSIONARY HYMN.

By J. Scofford

Lift the vail! oh, lift the vail! Let the light shine in; Tell the tale, the wondrous tale, To fellow-men in sin— Tell how Jesus loved, and died— Died, the Father's grace to prove; Sing of Jesus crucified; Sing that “God is love.”

Lift the vail, the darksome vail, Of ignorance and sin; Let the gospel now prevail, Let it work and win— Work till every sin-sick soul, Every burdened mind, Shall, in Christ, be truly whole— Peace and pardon find.

Ye herald angels, now go forth, The reaping time has come; Go East and West, go South and North, And shout the harvest home: Go, gather in the souls of men, For whom the Saviour died; And bid the dying live again, Through Jesus glorified.

O Spirit of the living God, Thy matchless power display; On all thy servants shed abroad Thy power in this our day; With quenchless zeal their hearts inspire, And love’s refining flame; Oh give thy servants tongues of fire, The gospel to proclaim.

The many forms of social wrong, By which the world is led; And evil habits, bold and strong, By self-indulgence fed; True life in Christ will yet remove; The direful curse will cease, And conquered by the power of love, The world will dwell in peace. —J. Scofford.