“Go, preach My gospel,” saith the Lord
by Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 378.
Verse 1
“Go, preach My gospel,” saith the Lord; “Bid the whole world My grace receive; He shall be saved who trusts My word, And they condemned who disbelieve.
Verse 2
“I’ll make your great commission known, And ye shall prove My gospel true By all the works that I have done, By all the wonders ye shall do.
Verse 3
“Teach all the nations My commands; I’m with you till the world shall end; All power is vested in My hands; I can destroy, and I defend.”
Verse 4
He spake, and light shone round His head; On a bright cloud to heaven He rode; They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended Lord.