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title: God Is Working His Purpose Out
key: G
time: 4/2
tempo: 120
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[Hymn]
L1: God is work - ing His pur - pose out | As year suc - ceeds to year; | God is work - ing his pur - pose out, | And the time is draw - ing near; | Near - er and near - er draws the time, | The time that shall sure - ly be, | When the earth shall be filled | With the glo - ry of God | As the wa - ters cov - er the sea.
L2: From ut - most east to ut - most west, | Where - e’er man’s foot hath trod, | By the mouth of man - y mes - sen - gers | Goes forth the voice of God: | “Give ear to Me, ye con - ti - nents, | Ye isles, give ear to Me,” | That the earth may be filled | With the glo - ry of God | As the wa - ters cov - er the sea.
L3: What can we do to work God’s work, | To pros - per and in - crease | The broth - er - hood of all man - kind, | The reign of the Prince of Peace? | What can we do to has - ten the time, | The time that shall sure - ly be, | When the earth shall be filled | With the glo - ry of God | As the wa - ters cov - er the sea.
L4: All we can do is noth - ing worth | Un - less God bless - es the deed; | Vain - ly we hope for the har - vest - tide | Till God gives life to the seed; | Yet near and near - er draws the time, | The time that shall sure - ly be, | When the earth shall be filled | With the glo - ry of God | As the wa - ters cov - er the sea.
L5: March we forth in the strength of God, | With the ban - ner of Christ un - furled, | That the light of the glo - ri - ous Gos - pel of truth | May shine through - out the world; | Fight we the fight with sor - row and sin | To set their cap - tives free, | That the earth may be filled | With the glo - ry of God | As the wa - ters cov - er the sea.
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