1. O Zion, haste, your mission high fulfilling,
to tell to all the world that God is light;
that he who made all nations is not willing
one soul should perish, lost in shades of night.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace;
tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release.

2. Behold how many thousands still are lying,
bound in the darksome prisonhouse of sin,
with none to tell them of the Savior’s dying,
or of the life he died for them to win.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace;
tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release.

3. Proclaim to ev’ry people, tongue, and nation
that God, in whom they live and move, is love:
tell how he stooped to save his lost creation,
and died on earth that man might live above.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace;
tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release.

4. Give of your sons to bear the message glorious;
give of your wealth to speed them on their way;
pour out your soul for them in pray’r victorious;
and all your spending Jesus will repay.
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace;
tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release.