For the Whole Wide World

“Of one blood God hath made all the nations of the earth,”
Over all His banner wide unfurled;
And He bids us to go and His saving grace proclaim
To the whole wide world.

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For the whole wide world,
For the whole wide world;
Jesus dying bro’t a full salvation
For the whole wide world.

To the lanes and the highways and byways we must go,
Till the pow’rs of sin are backward hurled;
And the streams of His grace shall for cleansing onward flow
To the whole wide world.

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We must carry the Gospel to earth’s remotest bound,
Men are dying for the precious Word;
Until ev’ry nation has heard the joyful sound
In the whole wide world.

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Author: Fanny Crosby

Year: 1904

Fanny Crosby (Frances Jane Crosby) wrote the lyrics; the tune was composed by William J. Kirkpatrick. This matches her style of evangelistic missionary hymns from the early 20th century.