CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING
"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-20
Words: Samuel Wolcott, 1869. Wolcott (1813-1886) wrote these words
while minister at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Cleveland, Ohio.
They were inspired by the motto of the Young Men's Christian Association
, "Christ for the World, and the World for Christ."
Music: "Italian Hymn," Felice de Giardini, 1769.
Alternate tunes: * "Fiat Lux," John Bacchus Dykes, 1875.
* "Kirby Bedon," Edward Burnett (1834-1923).
Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring, with loving zeal,
The poor and them that mourn, the faint and overborne,
Sin sick and sorrow worn, whom Christ doth heal.
Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring, with fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost, by restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost, from dark despair.
Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring, with one accord;
With us the work to share, with us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear, for Christ our Lord.
Christ for the world we sing,
The world to Christ we bring, with joyful song;
The newborn souls, whose days, reclaimed from error's ways,
Inspired with hope and praise, to Christ belong.