Songs

God is working His purpose out

		
327
					P.M.

1	God is working His purpose out, 
	As year succeeds to year; 
	God is working His purpose out, 
	And the time is drawing near; 
	Nearer and nearer draws the time, 
	The time that shall surely be, 
	When the earth shall be filled 
	With the glory of God, 
	As the waters cover the sea. 

2	From utmost East to utmost West, 
	Where’er man’s foot hath trod, 
	By the mouth of many messengers 
	Goes forth the voice of God; 
	Give ear to Me, ye continents, 
	Ye isles, give ear to Me, 
	That the earth may be filled 
	With the glory of God, 
	As the waters cover the sea.

3	March we forth in the strength of God 
	With the banner of Christ unfurled, 
	That the light of the glorious Gospel of truth 
	May shine throughout the world: 
	Fight we the fight with sorrow and sin, 
	To set their captives free, 
	That the earth may be filled 
	With the glory of God, 
	As the waters cover the sea. 

4	All we can do is nothing worth, 
	Unless God blesses the deed; 
	Vainly we hope for the harvest-tide 
	Till God gives life to the seed; 
	Yet nearer and nearer draws the time, 
	The time that shall surely be, 
	When the earth shall be filled 
	With the glory of God, 
	As the waters cover the sea.

								A.C. Ainger