Send the Light

663 Send the Light

1 There’s a call comes ringing o’er the restless wave:
   “Send the light! Send the light!”
   There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save.
   Send the light! Send the light!

Refrain:
   Send the light, the blessed gospel light.
   Let it shine from shore to shore.
   Send the light, the blessed Gospel light.
   Let it shine forevermore.

2 We have heard the Macedonian call today:
   “Send the light! Send the light!”
   And a golden off'ring at the cross we lay,
   Send the light! Send the light! [Refrain]

3 Let us pray that grace may ev'rywhere abound;
   Send the light! Send the light!
   And a Christ-like spirit ev'rywhere be found.
   Send the light! Send the light! [Refrain]

4 Let us not grow weary in the work of love.
   Send the light! Send the light!
   Let us gather jewels for a crown above.
   Send the light! Send the light! [Refrain]
                         Charles H. Gabriel
                         Hymns for the Family of God