Silent Messengers

1Go when the morn-ing shin-eth, Go when the noon is bright,
Go when the eve de-clin-eth, Go in the hush of night;
Go with pure mind and feel-ing, Fling earth-ly thought a-way,
And in thy clos-et kneel-ing, Do thou in se-cret pray.

RefrainSi-lent mes-sen-gers, Go ye forth,
So car-ry Love's ban-ner to the North,
Si-lent mes-sen-gers, Go ye forth,
From South to North, From South to North, Si-lent mes-sen-gers East and West, Si-lent mes-sen-gers, Go ye forth.

2Go with the voice of sing-ing, Go with the voice of prayer,
Go with the joy of bring-ing Those who are sad with care;
Go with the heart that's burn-ing, Go with the heart that's true,
And in thy glad re-turn-ing, Thy joy shall be re-new.

3Go with your small and dai-ly, Go with your great and high,
Go with your hopes and fail-ly, Go with your des-tin-y;
Go with the old and ho-ly, Go with the young and free,
Go with the meek and low-ly, Go with the high de-gree.

4Go but not man-ward lean-ing, But learn the mean-ing well,
Go but not earth-ward seem-ing, But learn the sto-ry tell;
Go but not for-ward pressed, But learn the love-ly part,
Go but not self-ex-pressed, But learn the qui-et heart.