A Missionary Cry
Albert Benjamin Simpson, 1890 James H. Burke
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1. A hun - dred thou - sand souls a day Are pass - ing one by one a - way In
2. O Ho - ly Ghost, Thy peo - ple move, Bap - tize their hearts with faith and love And
3. The Mas - ters com - ing draw - eth near; The Son of Man will soon ap - pear; His
4. Oh, let us then His com - ing haste, Oh, let us end this aw - ful waste Of
5. Theyre pass - ing, pass - ing, fast a - way, A hun - dred thou - sand souls a day In
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Christ - less guilt and gloom; With - out one ray of hope or light, With fu - ture dark as
con - se - crate their gold. At Je - sus feet their mil - lions pour, And all their ranks u-
king - dom is at hand. But ere that glor - ious day can be, This gos - pel of the
souls that ne - ver die. A thou - sand mil - lions still are lost; A Sav - iors blood has
Christ - less guilt and gloom. O Church of Christ, what wilt thou say When, in the aw - ful
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end - less night, Theyre pass - ing to their doom, Theyre pass - ing to their doom.
- nite once more, As in the days of old, As in the days of old.
king - dom we Must preach in ev - ery land, Must preach in ev - ery land. Theyre
paid the cost, Oh, hear their dy - ing cry, Oh, hear their dy - ing cry.
judg - ment day, They charge thee with their doom, They charge thee with their doom?
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pass-ing, pass - ing fast a - way In thou-sands day by day; Theyre pass-ing to their doom, Theyre
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pass-ing to their doom.
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