Scripture Verse

Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

Introduction

Words: J. Demp­ster Ham­mond, 1880.

Music: John H. Maun­der, 1894 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

The whole wide world for Je­sus!
This shall our watch­word be;
Upon the high­est mount­ain,
Down by the wid­est sea;
The whole wide world for Je­sus!
To Him shall all men bow,
In city or in prair­ie,
The world for Je­sus now!

Refrain

The whole wide world,
The whole wide world,
Proclaim the Gos­pel tid­ings through
The whole wide world;
Lift up the cross of Je­sus,
His ban­ner be un­furled,
Till ev­ery tongue con­fess Him through
The whole wide world!

The whole wide world for Je­sus!
Inspires us with the thought
That all God’s wan­der­ing child­ren
Have by His love been sought.
The whole wide world for Je­sus!
O faint not by the way!
The cross shall sure­ly con­quer
In this our glo­ri­ous day.

Refrain

The whole wide world for Je­sus!
The march­ing or­der sound;
Go ye and preach the Gos­pel
Wherever man is found.
The whole wide world for Je­sus!
Ride forth, O con­quer­ing King,
Through all the migh­ty na­tions
The world to glo­ry bring!

Refrain