God is work­ing His pur­pose out
As year suc­ceeds to year;
God is work­ing his pur­pose out,
And the time is draw­ing near;
Nearer and near­er draws the time,
The time that shall sure­ly be,
When the earth shall be filled
With the glo­ry of God
As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

From ut­most east to ut­most west,
Where’er man’s foot hath trod,
By the mouth of many mes­sen­gers
Goes forth the voice of God:
Give ear to Me, ye con­ti­nents,
Ye isles, give ear to Me,
That the earth may be filled
With the glo­ry of God
As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

What can we do to work God’s work,
To pros­per and in­crease
The bro­ther­hood of all man­kind,
The reign of the Prince of Peace?
What can we do to hast­en the time?
The time that shall sure­ly be,
When the earth shall be filled
With the glo­ry of God
As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

March we forth in the strength of God,
With the ban­ner of Christ un­furled,
That the light of the glo­ri­ous Gos­pel of truth
May shine through­out the world;
Fight we the fight with sor­row and sin
To set their cap­tives free,
That the earth may be filled
With the glo­ry of God
As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.

All we can do is no­thing worth
Unless God bless­es the deed;
Vainly we hope for the har­vest-tide
Till God gives life to the seed;
Yet near and near­er draws the time,
The time that shall sure­ly be,
When the earth shall be filled
With the glo­ry of God
As the wa­ters cov­er the sea.