Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Go messenger of peace and love
Topic: The Church/Officers
Writer: <no first name given> Balfour
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 466
Page Number: 285, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGo--messenger of peace and love!
To nations plunged in shades of night;
Like angels sent from fields above,
Be thine to shed celestial light.
Go--to the hungry food impart;
To paths of peace the wanderer guide,
And lead the thirsty, panting heart,
Where streams of living water glide.
Go--bid the bright and morning-star
From Bethlehem's plains resplendent shine,
And, piercing through the gloom afar,
Shed heavenly light and love divine.
From north to south, from east to west,
Messiah yet shall reign supreme;
His name by every tongue confess'd--
His praise--the universal theme.