1 Facing a task unfinished
that drives us to our knees
a need that, undiminished
rebukes our slothful ease
We, who rejoice to know Thee
renew before Thy throne
the solemn pledge we owe Thee
to go and make Thee known
2 Where other lords beside Thee
hold their unhindered sway,
where forces that defied Thee
defy Thee still today
With none to heed their crying
for life, and love, and light
unnumbered souls are dying
and pass into the night
3 We bear the torch that flaming
fell from the hands of those
who gave their lives proclaiming
that Jesus died and rose.
Ours is the same commission,
the same glad message ours;
fired by the same ambition,
to Thee we yield our powers
4 O Father who sustained them,
O Spirit who inspired,
Savior, whose love constrained them
to toil with zeal untired:
From cowardice defend us,
From lethargy awake!
Forth on Thine errands send us
To labor for Thy sake
