Speed Away
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby
- Music:
- Arr. by I. B. Woodbury
Sheet music
- 1Speed away, speed away on your mission of light,To the lands that are lying in darkness and night;‘Tis the Master’s command; go ye forth in His name,The wonderful Gospel of Jesus proclaim;Take your lives in your hand, to the work while ‘tis day:Speed away, speed away, speed away.
- 2Speed away, speed away with the life-giving wordTo the nations that know not the voice of the Lord;Take the wings of the morning and fly o’er the wave,In the strength of your Master the lost ones to save;He is calling once more– not a moment’s delay:Speed away, speed away, speed away.
- 3Speed away, speed away with the message of rest,To the souls by the tempter in bondage oppressed;For the Savior has purchased their ransom from sin,And the banquet is ready–O gather them in;To the rescue make haste; there’s no time for delay:Speed away, speed away, speed away.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1890, the words are in 80 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.