Scripture Verse

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:15

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Le­roy J. Boggs, in Na­tion­al Tid­ings of Joy, ed­it­ed by Da­vid E. Dortch (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Pub­lish­ing Board, 1878), num­ber 8 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Boggs (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Go spread the tid­ings far and wide,
Search out and bring the wan­d’rer home;
Go tell the world that Je­sus died
To save and com­fort all who mourn.

Refrain

Jesus died for all, Je­sus died for all,
Jesus died for all,
Jesus died for each, for ev­ery one.

Go spread it in the dist­ant fields,
The news, the glo­ri­ous news make known,
Till ev­ery sin­ner stops and yields
To Him who won­drous things hath done.

Refrain

Go spread it, child­ren, in your hearts,
Tell all that you have found the way;
The way the word of God im­parts
To reach the shores of end­less day.

Refrain