Forth in Thy strength, O Lord, I go

Verse 1
Forth in thy strength, O Lord, I go, (Ps. 71:16, II Tim. 4:17)
Thy gospel to proclaim, (Mark 16:15, Rom. 1:15, I Cor. 1:17)
Thy only righteousness to shew, (Ps. 40:9-10, Ps. 71:15-16, Rom. 1:16-17)
And glorify thy name. (Ps. 86:9, Ps. 86:12, John 12:28, I Pet. 4:11, Rev. 15:4)

Verse 2
Ordain’d I am, and sent by thee,
As by the Father thou: (John 20:21, Mark 3:14, John 15:16, John 17:18)
And lo! Thou always art with me! (Matt. 28:19-20)
I plead the promise now.

Verse 3
O give me now to speak thy word
In this appointed hour; (Acts 4:29, Jer. 1:9, Matt. 10:19-20)
Attend it with thy Spirit, Lord,
And let it come with power. (Luke 4:32, Acts 1:8, I Cor. 2:4-5, I Thess. 1:5)

Verse 4
Open the hearts of all that hear, (Acts 16:14)
To make their Saviour room, (Luke 2:7, Rev. 3:20)
Now let them find redemption near, (Ps. 85:9, Luke 21:28, Rom. 10:8-9)
Let faith by hearing come. (Rom. 10:17, Rom. 10:14, Gal. 3:2)

Verse 5
Give them to hear the word as thine, (I Thess. 2:13)
And (while they thus receive)
Prove it the saving power divine,
To sinners that believe. (Rom. 1:16, I Cor. 1:18, I Cor. 1:21)