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FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST

Scripture Verse

Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 8:11

Introduction

Words: George T. Cos­ter, 1864.

Music: Han­ford (Sul­li­van) Ar­thur S. Sul­li­van, 1874 (🔊 ).

Alternate Tunes:

  • Bideford J. Daw­son Hands, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912), num­ber 76 (🔊 )
  • Drew Le­on­ard B. Mc­Whood, in Fel­low­ship Hymn, ed­it­ed by Cla­rence A. Bar­bour (New York: Young Men’s Chris­tian As­so­ci­ation Press, 1910), num­ber 262 (🔊 )

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Cos­ter (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

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Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

Lyrics

From north and south and east and west,
When shall the peo­ples, long un­blest,
All find their ev­er­last­ing rest,
O Christ, in Thee?

When shall the climes of age­less snow
Be with the Gos­pel light aglow,
And all men their Re­deem­er know,
O Christ, in Thee?

When on each south­ern bal­my coast,
Shall ran­somed men, in count­less host,
Rise, heart and voice, to make sweet boast,
O Christ, in Thee?

O when in all the Ori­ent lands,
From ci­ties white, and flam­ing sands,
Shall men lift de­di­cat­ed hands,
O Christ, in Thee?

O when shall hea­then dark­ness roll
Away in light, from pole to pole,
And end­less day by ev­ery soul
Be found in Thee?

Bring, Lord, the long pre­dict­ed hour,
The ag­es’ dia­dem and flow­er,
When all shall find their re­fuge, tow­er,
And home in Thee!