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| Text: | A Plaintive Plea |
| Author: | Clara M. Brooks |
| Tune: | [A plaintive plea Comes o'er the sea] |
| Composer: | D. O. Teasley |
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;
Hours swiftly fly,
While daily die
The millions in their woe. [Refrain]
3 The strong command
To ev’ry 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 | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | A plaintive plea |
| Title: | A Plaintive Plea |
| Author: | Clara M. Brooks |
| Publication Date: | 1918 |
| Topic: | Missionary |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [A plaintive plea Comes o'er the sea] |
| Composer: | D. O. Teasley |
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