O’er the wide ocean
Where tem­pests are rag­ing,
Into the dark lands
Of night and of wrong;
Go bear the glad tid­ings,
Ye her­alds of Je­sus,
To souls that in dark­ness
Are wait­ing so long.

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Go bear the glad tid­ings!
Go tell the glad sto­ry!
To souls that in dark­ness
Are wait­ing so long.
Go bear the glad tid­ings!
Go tell the glad sto­ry!
To souls that in dark­ness
Are wait­ing so long.

Waft the glad tid­ings
To na­tions in dar­kness;
Treasures of mer­cy
To pe­ni­tents bring;
Till isles of the ocean
Shall wake from their slum­ber;
And join in the prais­es
Of Je­sus our king.

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Glory’s bright morn­ing
Shall break o’er the na­tions;
Millions shall join in
The glo­ri­fied song;
Go bear the glad tid­ings
Far o’er the wide ocean,
And haste where the cap­tives
Are wait­ing so long.

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