Words: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1890. Gabriel wrote this song while chorister at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California.Words: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1890. Gabriel wrote this song while chorister at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California.
Music: “McCabe,” Charles H. Gabriel, 1890
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There’s a call comes ringing over the restless wave,
“Send the light! Send the light!”
There are souls to rescue there are souls to save,
Send the light! Send the light!
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Send the light, the blessèd Gospel light;
Let it shine from shore to shore!
Send the light, the blessèd Gospel light;
Let it shine forevermore!
We have heard the Macedonian call today,
“Send the light! Send the light!”
And a golden offering at the cross we lay,
Send the light! Send the light!
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Let us pray that grace may everywhere abound,
“Send the light! Send the light!”
And a Christlike spirit everywhere be found,
Send the light! Send the light!
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Let us not grow weary in the work of love,
“Send the light! Send the light!”
Let us gather jewels for a crown above,
Send the light! Send the light!
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