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Text: | Spread, O Spread, Thou Mighty Word |
Author: | J. F. Bahnmeier |
Translator: | Miss Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | FREYLINGHAUSEN |
Composer: | J. A. Freylinghausen |
1 Spread, O spread thou mighty Word,
Spread the kingdom of the Lord,
That in earth's remotest bound
Men may hear thy joyful sound.
2 Tell them how the Father's will
Made the world and keeps it still;
How His only Son He gave
Man from sin and death to save.
3 Tell them of the Savior's love,
Who descended from above
And whose blood, for sinners spilt,
Purgeth us from all our guilt.
4 Tell them of the Spirit's light,
Which doth conquer error's night;
Of His pow'r so just and true,
Making us to will and do.
5 Word of life, most pure and strong,
Lo, for thee the nations long;
Spread, then, till from dreary night
All the world awakes to light.
6 Lord of harvest, let there be
Joy and strength to work for Thee;
Let the nations far and near
See Thy light and learn Thy fear.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Spread, O spread thou mighty Word |
Title: | Spread, O Spread, Thou Mighty Word |
Translator: | Miss Catherine Winkworth (1855, a.) |
Author: | J. F. Bahnmeier (1827) |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: Missions |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FREYLINGHAUSEN |
Composer: | J. A. Freylinghausen |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | German chorale: Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt |
Notes: | First Tune |