1 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.
2 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.
3 Christ for the world, we sing;
  
The world to Christ we bring
  
With joyful song;
  
The new-born souls, whose days
  
Reclaimed from sin’s dark ways,
  
Inspired with hope and praise,
  
To Christ belong.
4 Christ for the world we sing!
  
The world to Christ we bring,
  
With joyful song;
  
The new-born souls, whose days,
  
Reclaimed from error's ways,
  
Inspired with hope and praise,
  
To Christ belong.
                        
Samuel Wolcott
                        
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
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