Missions
Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling
- Words:
- Daniel March, 1868.
- Music:
- 'Galilean' Joseph Barnby, 1883.
- Setting:
- "In Excelsis", 1911.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Hark, the voice of Jesus calling,"Who will go and work today?Fields are ripe and harvests waiting,Who will bear the sheaves away?"Long and loud the Master calls us,Rich reward He offers free;Who will answer, gladly saying,"Here am I, send me, send me?"
- 2If you cannot cross the ocean,And the distant lands explore,You can find the lost around you,You can help them at your door;If you cannot give your thousands,You can give the widow's mite;What you truly give for Jesus,Will be precious in His sight.
- 3If you cannot speak like angels,If you cannot preach like Paul,You can tell the love of Jesus,You can say He died for all.If you cannot rouse the wicked,With the judgment's dread alarms,You can lead the little childrenTo the Savior's waiting arms.
- 4If you cannot be the watchman,Standing high on Zion's wall,Pointing out the path to heaven,Off'ring life and peace to all,With your prayers and with your bountiesYou can do what heav'n demands;You can be like faithful Aaron,Holding up the prophet's hands.
- 5If among the older people,You may not be apt to teach,"Feed My lambs," said Christ, our Shepherd,"Place the food within their reach."And it may be that the childrenYou have led with trembling hand,Will be found among your jewels,When you reach the better land.
- 6Let none hear you idly saying, "There is nothing I can do."While the lost of earth are dying, And the Master calls for you;Take the task He gives you gladly; Let His work your pleasure be;Answer quickly when He calls you, "Here am I, send me, send me."
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Scripture
Topics
- Activity
- Charity (see also Tithing)
- Christian Life
- Commitment
- Discipleship
- Duty (see also Law)
- Example, Of Other People
- Faithfulness
- Following Jesus, In Action
- Harvest
- Invitation (God's to Us)
- Jesus
- Judgment
- Leadership
- Missions
- Obedience
- Sacrifice
- Service
- Sowing & Reaping
- Stewardship
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
- Temperance & Moral Reform (see also Law)
- Zeal
In the hymnals
- Written in 1868, the words are in 553 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Galilean, is in 26 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.