Christ For The World We Sing
Christ for the World We Sing
Christ for the world we sing;
The world to Christ we bring
With loving zeal—
The poor and them that mourn,
The faint and over-borne,
Sin-sick and sorrow-worn,
For Christ to heal.
Christ for the world we sing;
The world to Christ we bring
With fervent prayer—
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost
From dark despair.
Christ for the world we sing;
The world to Christ we bring
With one accord—
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear,
For Christ our Lord.
Christ for the world we sing;
The world to Christ we bring
With joyful song—
The newborn souls whose days,
Reclaimed from error’s ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.
SAMUEL WOLCOTT wanted to be a missionary in Syria, but after two years there he had to return to America. In the United States, he pastored churches in Rhode Island, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio.
While attending a YMCA convention in Cleveland, he was captivated by a huge banner with the words “Christ for the World and the World for Christ” outlined in evergreen letters above the pulpit. As Wolcott left the meeting, the words for this hymn gradually took shape in his mind.
Wolcott had learned that the “world” for whom Christ died included not only those in distant lands like Syria, where he had tried to serve, but also the poor, those that mourn, the faint, the burdened, the sin-sick and sorrow-worn in such needy places as the major cities of America where he ministered.
I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”
Romans 1:16-17
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