Speed the Tidings

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Speed the tidings over the ocean

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [Speed the tidings over the ocean]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Speed the tidings o'er the ocean,
Where the stormy billows roll;
Bid the trumpet of the Gospel
Sound aloud from pole to pole.

Chorus:
Speed the tidings, joyful tidings,
To the isles beyond the sea;
Tell the story of redemption
Thro' a Saviour, full and free.

2 Speed the tidings, do not linger,
Lest the moments wing their flight;
Call the nations from their idols,
Out of darkness into light. [Chorus]

3 Oh, the promised day is coming,
When the children from afar
Shall with us proclaim the glory
Of a Bright and Morning Star. [Chorus]

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #19

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Author: Fanny J. Crosby

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First Line:	Speed the tidings over the ocean
Title:	Speed the Tidings
Author:	Fanny J. Crosby
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Speed the tidings, joyful tidings
Copyright:	Public Domain