Verse 1
Who might not hear the word before,
Their time is come, their gracious day,
And Asia’s sons may all adore
The Lamb that bears their sins away:
They all the healing doctrine hear
Which God by signs and wonders seals;
And Christ’s acknowledg’d messenger
His prosperous ministry fulfils.
Verse 2
The mouth which our Almighty Lord
Hath made and open’d, who can close?
We preach, intrusted with his word,
Fearless, tho’ earth and hell oppose:
The fire breaks out, in vain represt;
Constrain’d to speak, we must speak on,
And never pause, and never rest,
Till all our work with life is done.