Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Onward speed thy conq'ring flight
Topic: Times and Seasons/Missionary Assemblies
Writer: S Smith
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 5s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1286
Page Number: 770, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOnward speed thy conq'ring flight,
Angel, onward speed!
Cast abroad thy radiant light,
Bid the shades recede;
Tread the idols in the dust,
Heathen fanes destroy;
Spread the gospel's love and trust,
Spread the gospel's joy.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight,
Angel, onward haste;
Quickly on each mountain hight
Be thy standard plac'd;
Let thy blissful tidings float
Far o'er vale and hill.
Till the sweetly-echoing note
Every bosom thrill.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight,
Angel, onward fly!
Long has been the reign of night;
Bring the morning nigh:
Unto thee earth's sufferers lift
Their imploring wail;
Bear them heaven's holy gift,
Ere their courage fail.
Onward speed thy conq'ring flight,
Angel, onward speed!
Morning bursts upon our sight,
Lo! the time decreed:
Now the Lord his kingdom takes
Thrones and empires fall;
Now the joyous song awakes,
"God is All in All!"