Adventist Pioneer Library

The Church — Ministry and Missions

Go, messenger of peace and love

  • No. 1038
  • Words Balfour.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Go, messenger of peace and love,To people plunged in shades of night;Like angels sent from fields aboveBe thine to shed celestial light.

2

Go to the hungry, food impart;To paths of peace the wanderer guide;And lead the thirsty, panting heartWhere streams of living water glide.

3

O, faint not in the day of toil;When harvest waits the reaper's hand,Go gather in the glorious spoil,And joyous in his presence stand.

4

Thy love a rich reward shall findFrom Him who sits enthroned on high;For they who turn the erring mindShall shine like stars above the sky.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1038» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 355, beside the music of hymn 1036, with the reference line «108, 365, 19.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 108 MIGDOL, 365 MISSIONARY CHANT or 19 DUKE STREET, all L. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 8.8.8.8 are L. M.). Stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented; «Balfour.» in italics, right-aligned after stanza 4. In this copy stanza 1 (lines 1–4) and stanza 4 are heavily inked or stained; every word reads under the stain (see `uncertainties.md`). The printer's thin space before «;» («night ;», «impart ;», «guide ;», «toil ;», «high ;») is closed up here; apostrophes written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («Him») are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Church — Ministry and Missions · No. 1038 · printed page 355
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02