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Christ in Song 409

Silent Messengers

Words: Thomas HastingsMusic: J. P. Holbrook

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1Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Go! bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face! Bid them the word of God regard.

RefrainSi- lent mes- sen- gers, on ye forth,
Silent mes- sen- gers, on ye forth;
From o- cean to o- cean, from South to North, Send of the Word, O hath not return- ed vain.

2Go bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face!
Bid them the word of God regard.

3Go bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face!
Bid them the word of God regard.

Scripture
Mark 16:15

Copyright, 1896, by J. P. Holbrook

The verse

Meter
17.15.24
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 60% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.///˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘17A
Go! bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!//˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/15B
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face! Bid them the word of God regard./˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/24C

Verse 2

Go bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!//˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/15A
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face!/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/16B
Bid them the word of God regard./˘˘/˘/˘/8C

Verse 3

Go bid the world in sin and shame, That blind world wake up and see!//˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/15A
Bid them the word of God regard; What form and beauty from its face!/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/16B
Bid them the word of God regard./˘˘/˘/˘/8C

Refrain

Si- lent mes- sen- gers, on ye forth,/˘/˘˘˘//8A
Silent mes- sen- gers, on ye forth;/˘/˘˘˘//8A
From o- cean to o- cean, from South to North, Send of the Word, O hath not return- ed vain.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘//20B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.