The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#633

633. For my sake and the gospel's go

1 'For my sake and the gospel's, go
and tell redemption's story!'
His heralds answer, 'Be it so,
and Yours, Lord, all the glory!'
They preach His birth, His life, His cross,
the love of His atonement,
for whom they count the world but loss,
His Easter, His enthronement.

2 Hark, hark, the trump of jubilee
proclaims to every nation,
from pole to pole, by land and sea,
glad tidings of salvation:
still on and on the anthems spread
of alleluia voices,
in concert with the holy dead
the warrior Church rejoices.

3 He comes, whose advent trumpet drowns
the last of time's evangels,
Emmanuel, crowned with many crowns,
the Lord of saints and angels:
O Trinity, the great I AM,
the Love who changes never,
the throne of God and of the Lamb
is Yours, and Yours for ever.

Text Information

• First Line: For my sake and the gospel's go
• Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825-1906 (adapt.)
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Source: Adapt.: Compilers

Tune Information

• Name: BISHOPGARTH
• Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Meter: 87 87 D
• Key: E Major