7852 | The Cyber Hymnal#7853 | 7854 |
Text: | Go, Favored Christians, And Proclaim |
Author: | Mrs. Vokes |
Tune: | WINCHESTER NEW |
1 Go, favored Christians, and proclaim
The kind Redeemer you have found;
Publish His ever precious name
To all the wondering nations round.
2 Go, tell th’unlettered wretched slave,
Who groans beneath a tyrant’s rod,
You bring a freedom bought with blood,
The blood of an incarnate God.
3 And tell the panting sable chief,
On Ethiopia’s scorching sand,
You come with a refreshing stream
To cheer and bless his thirsty land.
4 Go tell, on India’s golden shores,
The Ganges, Tibet, and Bhoutan,
That to enrich their deathless mind
You come, the friends of God and man.
5 Tell all the distant isles afar
That lie in darkness and the grave
You come a glorious light to show,
You come their souls to seek and save.
6 Say the religion you profess
Is all benevolence and love,
And, crowned with energy divine,
Its heavenly origin will prove.
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First Line: | Go, favored Christians, and proclaim |
Title: | Go, Favored Christians, And Proclaim |
Author: | Mrs. Vokes (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors by John Rippon, 15th edition, 1800 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Reflecting the hymn's British origin, the original firs line read "Go, favour'd Britons, and proclaim" |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Musikalisches Handbuch (Hamburg, 1690) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
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