Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man

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Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man

Author: T. A. Ashworth
Published in 20 hymnals

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1 Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:
Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span,
And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.

2 On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart,
In every latitude, thou own'st the key:
From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start,
With all their treasures first unlocked by thee.

3 Spread, mighty Gospel, spread thy soaring wings!
Gather thy scattered ones from every land:
Call home the wanderers to the King of kings;
Proclaim them all thine own--'tis Christ's command!

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #805

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Author: T. A. Ashworth

Ashworth, Thomas Alfred, is the author of the following hymns in Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1840 and 1873:— 1. Christian warrior, faint not, fear not. Courage Enjoined. 2. O terrible in judgment, hear. Death anticipated with Fear. 3. Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man. Blessings of the Gospel. In the American Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, it reads, "O blessed Gospel, glorious news for man." Concerning Mr. Ashworth we have no definite information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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