LSB #830 "Spread the Reign of God the Lord"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Psalm 96:1-5; Matthew 22:9-10; Luke 10:2; 24:47-48; Romans 8:32; 10:15

Psalm 96:1-5:  "1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!  2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.  3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!  4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.  5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens."

Matthew 22:9-10:  "9 '"Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find."  10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good.  So the wedding halls was filled with guests.'"

Luke 10:2:  "And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'"

Luke 24:47-48:  "47 'and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.  48 You are witnesses of these things.'"

Romans 8:32:  "He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?"

Romans 10:15:  "And how are they to preach unless they are sent?  As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!'"

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The text is public domain:

1 Spread the reign of God the Lord,

Spoken, written, mighty Word;

Ev'rywhere His creatures call

To His heav'nly banquet hall.

2 Tell how God the Father's will

Made the world, upholds it still,

How His own dear Son He gave

Us from sin and death to save.

3 Tell of our Redeemer's grace,

Who, to save our human race

And to pay rebellion's price,

Gave Himself as sacrifice.

4 Tell of God the Spirit giv'n

Now to guide us on to heav'n,

Strong and holy, just and true,

Working both to will and do.

5 Enter, mighty Word, the field;

Ripe the promise of its yield.

But the reapers, oh, how few

For the work there is to do!

6 Lord of harvest, great and kind,

Rouse to action heart and mind;

Let the gath'ring nations all

See Your light and heed Your call.

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The passage from Psalm 96 appears at the beginning of the first verse ("Spread the reign of God the Lord") and at the beginning of the second verse ("Tell how God the Father's will / Made the world, upholds it still").  The beginnings of the third and fourth verses ("Tell of our Redeemer's grace" and "Tell of God the Spirit giv'n") may be patterned on "tell of his salvation from day to day" in Psalm 96:2.

Matthew 22:9-10 appears at the end of the first verse:  "Ev'rywhere His creatures call / To His heav'nly banquet hall."

Luke 10:2 is referred to in the fifth verse, particularly the last two lines:  "But the reapers, oh, how few / For the work there is to do!"

Luke 24:47-48 overlaps a bit with Psalm 96 at the beginning of the first verse ("Spread the reign of God the Lord") and also appears at the end of the sixth verse:  "Let the gath'ring nations all / See Your light and heed Your call."

Romans 8:32 is the basis for the second half of the second verse ("How His own dear Son He gave / Us from sin and death to save") and all of the third verse.

Romans 10:15 also overlaps with Psalm 96 and Luke 24:47-48 at the beginning of the first verse ("Spread the reign of God the Lord, / Spoken, written, mighty Word").