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The Banquet of Love

Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet

Author: Aldine S. Kieffer
Tune: [Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet] (Kieffer)
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet,
Behold! it stands ready today;
The chosen have tarried, bring hither the needy,
That throng in life’s busy highway.

Refrain:
Now all things are ready, the Master says, “Come,”
The whole world is bidden, and yet there is room,
The whole world is bidden,
The whole world is bidden,
The whole world—and yet there is room.

2 Then quickly the servants went out from their Master,
His message with gladness they told;
And in from the highway the needy came flocking,
His mercy and love to behold. [Refrain]

3 O way-worn and weary, despise not the message
That sounds in life’s busy highway;
Reject not His mercy, the Saviour stands waiting—
The banquet is ready today. [Refrain]

Source: The Crowning Day : For use in Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #47

Author: Aldine S. Kieffer

Full name Aldine Silliman Kiefer Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Go forth in the highway, and bid to my banquet
Title: The Banquet of Love
Author: Aldine S. Kieffer
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Now all things are ready
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Gleanings of Praise #d42

Hymns of Calvary, a Choice Collection of Old and New Century Hymns and Songs #d60

New Starry Crown for the Sabbath School #d13

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Song Praises #58

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The Crowning Day #47

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