The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8266

8266. This Wide World For Jesus

1 This wide, wide world for Jesus,
With all its sins and woes,
Its anguish and diseases,
Its sorrows and its throes;
Though cursed and torn and blighted,
And sunken down in gloom,
God makes it, though benighted,
The kingdom of His Son.

2 Christ is our king and ruler,
Our hearts shall be His throne;
The Gospel’s great Revealer
Shall make us all His own;
We’ll sing His great salvation,
His triumph o’er His foes,
Till desert, land, and nation
Shall blossom as the rose.

Text Information

• First Line: This wide, wide world for Jesus
• Title: This Wide World For Jesus
• Author: Alexander J. Baird
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Children's Hosannas (Nashville: Board of Publication, Cumberland Presybyterian Church, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CASTILIAN SPRINGS
• Composer: Marcus Bearden Dewitt (1880)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Key: e minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain