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10910 | The Cyber Hymnal#10911 | 10912 |
Text: | A Plaintive Plea |
Author: | Clara McAlister Brooks |
Tune: | [A plaintive pleas comes o'er the sea] |
Composer: | Daniel Otis Teasley |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 A plaintive plea comes o’er the sea
From nations in distress;
From darkest night they ask for light,
Their ruined land to bless.
Refrain:
A plaintive plea comes o’er the sea;
How long, O Lord, still must they wait?
Oh, hasten there with faith and prayer,
Or soon ’twill be too late.
2 The ripened grain on India’s plain,
Still waits for reapers true;
Hour swiftly fly while daily die
The millions in their woe. [Refrain]
3 The strong command to every land—
Go, spread the Gospel news!
Then haste away, till truth shall sway
Its scepter o’er the seas. [Refrain]
4 A plaintive plea, oh, can it be
Their souls are doomed and lost?
Go save them now till all shall bow
Before the Savior’s cross. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | A plaintive plea comes o’er the sea |
Title: | A Plaintive Plea |
Author: | Clara McAlister Brooks (1918) |
Refrain First Line: | A plaintive plea comes o’er the sea |
Language: | English |
Source: | Songs of Grace and Glory, by Andrew L. Byers, Daniel O. Teasley, and Henry C. Clausen (Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, 1907) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [A plaintive pleas comes o'er the sea] |
Composer: | Daniel Otis Teasley |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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