Send Out the Glad Tidings

Send out the glad tidings, salvation is free

Author: Ida C. Lewis
Tune: [Send out the glad tidings, salvation is free]
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1 Send out the glad tidings, salvation is free;
Redemption was purchased on Calvary’s tree
For you and for me, and for all who believe:
“There’s life for a look”—only look and receive.

Refrain:
Send out the glad tidings, eternity’s near,
Sound the call of redemption, so sweet and so clear;
Not for one, but for all, Jesus came to atone,
And we thro’ His mercy draw nigh to the throne.

2 Send out the glad tidings, no longer delay,
For millions are dying, who know not the way;
Who know not that Christ, the Redeemer, was slain,
That they thro’ His death might salvation obtain. [Refrain]

3 Send out the glad tidings, the story repeat
From cellar and house-top, thro’ alley and street;
To those who have wandered far off into shame,
O tell them there’s pardon and peace in His name. [Refrain]

4 Send out the glad tidings—O hasten the day,
When men of all nations shall Jesus obey;
When banners triumphant are widely unfurled,
Announcing His kingdom, the theme of the world. [Refrain]

Source: Christian Endeavor Hymns #60

Author: Ida C. Lewis

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Pennsylvania. Lewis is perhaps best remembered for this poem, written to honor the civil war dead from Blair County, Pennsylvania: Her rock-ribbed mountains, high and blue, Are not more strong and not more true, Than is her love for those who gave Their strong, young life our Land to save, Who heard great Lincoln’s call for men, And died in field and prison-pen. Blair’s heroes sleep far, far from home, Their only epitaph, "UNKNOWN!" But angels bright are sent of God To watch beside their beds of sod. Long as our mountains pierce the skies— Till God shall bid the dead arise— Ne’er let the work our heroes wrought, By children’s children be forgot. Brave "Boys in Blue," wh… Go to person page >

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First Line: Send out the glad tidings, salvation is free
Title: Send Out the Glad Tidings
Author: Ida C. Lewis
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Send out the glad tidings, eternity’s near
Publication Date: 1894
Copyright: Public Domain

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Christian Endeavor Hymns #60

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