Speed Away! Speed Away!

1 Speed away, speed away, swift evangel of song;
Sing in accents of mercy, to save from the wrong.
‘Tis your mission to lighten the burden of care,
The heart that is heavy, its sorrow to share;
Sweetly carol the strain, sweetly sing all the day,
Speed away, speed away, speed away!

2 Speed away, speed away, sweet evangel of love,
With the olive of mercy, on wings like the dove;
Find the home of the lowly, the children of woe,
Speak words of sweet comfort, oh, hasten to go;
E’er the eventide come, or the night veils the day,
Speed away, speed away, speed away!

3 Speed away, speed away, blest evangel of peace,
‘Til oppression and wrong ‘mong the nations shall cease;
‘Til the love of the Saviour shall fill ev’ry soul,
And beautiful anthems of harmony roll
O’er the earth and the sea, all the night and the day;
Speed away, speed away, speed away!

Source: Crowning Day No. 4 #143