Loud resound from pole to pole.
This song of anticipation has dropped out of the modern hymnals, but the last stanza lingers in many memories.
Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel!
Win and conquer, never cease;
May thy lasting wide dominion
Multiply and still increase.
Sway Thy scepter,
Saviour, all the world around!
THE TUNE.
Oftener than any other the music of “Zion” has been the expression of William Williams' 204 / 168 Missionary Hymn. It was composed by Thomas Hastings, in Washington, Ct., 1830.