1 There are souls that wait for the Gospel light,
Jesus calls for thee;
Will your answer be, if by day or night,
“Here am I, send me?”
Refrain:
Will you say when the Master calls,
“Send me, send me,
I am ready now for Thy service, Lord,
All I am I give to Thee?”
Will you say when the Master calls,
“Send me, send me,
I am ready now for Thy service, Lord,
Here am I, send me?”
2 If to bear His cross into lands unknown
Far beyond the sea,
Will your heart respond, tho’ you go alone,
“Here am I, send me?” [Refrain]
3 If I bear a cross I shall win a crown,
Ready I shall be,
Try to bear it well ‘till I lay it down,
Should He call on me. [Refrain]
Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #275
Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >
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