The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4765

4765. Our Country's Voice Is Pleading

1. Our country’s voice is pleading,
Ye men of God, arise!
His providence is leading,
The land before you lies;
Day-gleams o’er it are brightening,
And promise clothes the soil;
Wide fields, for harvest whitening,
Invite the reaper’s toil.

2. Go where the waves are breaking
On California’s shore,
Christ’s precious Gospel taking,
More rich than golden ore;
On Allegheny’s mountains,
Through all the western vale,
Beside Missouri’s fountains,
Rehearse the wondrous tale.

3. The love of Christ unfolding,
Speed on from east to west,
Till all, His cross beholding,
In Him are fully blest.
Great Author of salvation,
Haste, haste the glorious day,
When we, a ransomed nation,
Thy scepter shall obey!

Text Information

• First Line: Our country's voice is pleading
• Title: Our Country's Voice Is Pleading
• Author: Maria F. Anderson (1848)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: First published in the Baptist Harp, 1849
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Dr. George B. Ide, pas­tor of the First Bap­tist Church in Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, had seen An­der­son’s po­e­try in the Chris­tian Chron­i­cle, and asked if she would write a home mis­sion hymn for the Bap­tist Harp he was com­pil­ing. She agreed, and this hymn was first sung at a home mis­sion meet­ing at Ide’s church.

Tune Information

• Name: WEBB
• Composer: George James Webb (1830)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 51131 16151 23251
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain