Souls in Death and Darkness Lying (EN 3326)

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Souls in death and darkness lying,

Where no light has broken through;

Souls that Jesus bought by dying,

Whom His soul in travail knew;

Thousand voices call us o’er the waters blue;

Thousand voices call us o’er the waters blue.

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Christians, hearken! None has taught them

Of His love so deep and dear;

Of the precious price that bought them:

Of the nail, the thorn, the spear.

Ye who know Him, guide them from their darkness drear;

Ye who know Him, guide them from their darkness drear.

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Still the earth hath cruel places,

Wrath, and hate, and vengeance grim,

Still God looks on human faces

Heavenward turned, but not to Him;

Slaves in bondage, worse than of fettered limb;

Slaves in bondage, worse than of fettered limb.

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Haste, oh, haste, and spread the tidings

Wide to earth’s remotest strand.

Let no brother’s bitter chidings

Rise against us when we stand

In the judgment, from some far, forgotten land;

In the judgment, from some far, forgotten land.

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Lo! the hills for harvest whiten,

All along each distant shore.

Seaward far the islands brighten,

Light of nations, lead us o’er!

When we seek them, let Thy Spirit go before;

When we seek them, let Thy Spirit go before.