Expository Songs

Hymns · 1890

Send the Light

Songwriter Charles Gabriel

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Details

Copyright Public Domain

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from
Isaiah 49:6Acts 13:47Acts 16:9-10

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Malachi 3:17Acts 26:17-18Romans 5:20-21Romans 8:9II Corinthians 4:4-6II Corinthians 4:15II Corinthians 9:8Galatians 6:9-10Philippians 2:5Philippians 4:1I Thessalonians 2:19-20I Thessalonians 3:13James 5:20

Lyrics

Verse 1
There’s a call comes ring­ing ov­er the rest­less wave,
Send the light! Send the light!
There are souls to res­cue, there are souls to save, (James 5:20)
Send the light! Send the light! (Acts 26:17-18)

Chorus
Send the light, the bless­èd Gos­pel light; (II Cor. 4:4-6)
Let it shine from shore to shore! (Isa. 49:6, Acts 13:47)
Send the light, the bless­èd Gos­pel light;
Let it shine for­ev­er­more!

Verse 2
We have heard the Ma­ce­do­ni­an call to­day, (Acts 16:9-10)
Send the light! Send the light!
And a gold­en of­fer­ing at the cross we lay,
Send the light! Send the light!

Verse 3
Let us pray that grace may ev­ery­where abound, (Rom. 5:20-21, II Cor. 4:15, II Cor. 9:8)
Send the light! Send the light!
And a Christ­like spir­it ev­ery­where be found, (Phil. 2:5, Rom. 8:9)
Send the light! Send the light!

Verse 4
Let us not grow wea­ry in the work of love, (Gal. 6:9-10, II Thess. 3:13)
Send the light! Send the light!
Let us ga­ther jew­els for a crown above, (Mal. 3:17, Phil. 4:1, I Thess. 2:19-20)
Send the light! Send the light!