The whole wide world for Je­sus,
For His is the do­main;
And His is the do­min­ion,
From sea to sea to reign;
To Him the kings of She­ba
Their roy­al gifts shall bring,
And isles afar their tri­bute
Shall ren­der to their king.

The whole wide world for Je­sus;
His ban­ner be un­furled
Wide as His great com­mis­sion—
Go ye to all the world,
And preach to ev­ery crea­ture
The mes­sages of peace;
Lo! I am with you al­way,
Till time itself shall cease.

The whole wide world for Je­sus;
Where Sa­tan long hath reigned,
The Prince of Peace shall tri­umph,
The world shall be re­gained;
The realms which sat in dark­ness
Shall see the glo­ri­ous light,
For lo! the dawn is break­ing
Along the verge of night.

The whole wide world for Je­sus,
O Church of Christ, awake!
Put on thy strength, O Zi­on,
The post of du­ty take;
Go forth upon thy mis­sion,
In Je­sus’ name alone.
Till earth with all her mill­ions,
His so­ve­reign­ty shall own.

The whole wide world for Je­sus—
Behold, the time at hand!
His van­guard-hosts are mass­ing
Their force in ev­ery land;
Each thrill of ocean’s ca­ble,
Each breeze fresh tid­ings brings
Of con­quests won for Je­sus,
The migh­ty King of kings.

The whole wide world for Je­sus—
Rejoice, ye sons of light!
For, bright­ly, scenes pro­phet­ic
Are loom­ing in­to sight;
The world from sleep is wak­ing
To sink in night no more,
For Je­sus comes tri­um­phant
To reign from shore to shore.