Speed away! speed away!
O ye her­alds of light,
There are mill­ions en­shroud­ed
In na­ture’s dark night,
Who are will­ing to hear,
And the truth to re­ceive,
But know of no Sav­ior
On whom to be­lieve.
O they’re dy­ing by thou­sands
In sin ev­ery day!
Speed away! speed away!
Speed away!

Let the Church to the help
Of Je­ho­vah draw near—
Come with love, and with faith,
And with fer­vor in pray­er!
Let her fling to the breeze
The pure ban­ner of truth,
And en­list in the strug­gle
Her warm-heart­ed youth;
Let the par­ents and child­ren,
And ev­ery­one say,
Speed away! speed away!
Speed away!

We will lay on the al­tar
Our mo­ney and pray­ers:
And we’ll bathe ev­ery of­fer­ing
In sym­pa­thy’s tears—
For the Jews and Mo­ham­med­ans,
Gentiles and all;
On Je­ho­vah by night
And by day we will call,
And ye her­alds of mer­cy,
Oh! make no de­lay!
Speed away! speed away!
Speed away!

Speed away! speed away
With a mes­sage from Heav’n,
To all na­tions of men
Let the tid­ings be giv’n
That Mes­siah has tri­umphed,
Is foes are all slain,
And the earth as an Ed­en
Is blush­ing again!
O great Sav­ior, let no­thing
This con­quest de­lay
Speed away! speed away!
Speed away!