As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.
John 20:21
Words: Homer F. Kellems, in Worship and Service, edited by Harvey R. Christie (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1916), number 58.
Music: C. Blanchard Smith (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Kellems or Smith (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
When the Savior sends us
On a mission here below,
Trusting Him with joy we go;
Tho’ our journey be across
The wild and stormy sea,
He will keep us safe, we know.
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We will praise the Lord in glory,
Tell the nations of His love,
Till the sound of sacred story
Echoes ’round the throne above.
Many times we meet with
Trials that seem hard to bear,
But the Lord is always fair;
On the darkest days, when
Black and gloomy seems the way,
He is with us everywhere.
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So wherever Christ shall
Send us with a word of cheer,
We will go, and never fear;
For the blessèd Lord has
Promised in His holy Word,
That to us He’ll e’er be near.
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