The saints who toiled from place to place, Spreading the Gospel of God's grace, Now in their heavenly homeland dwell With Christ, whom here they served so well. Alert at thy command to go, And everywhere thy word to sow, They went, O Master, far and wide, Eager, but yet unsatisfied. Thine was the task they took in hand, Thine their good news for every land, Thine was their power, and thine again Their passion for the souls of men. That task of thine, by them begun, Must now by our weak hands be done: Strengthen, O Lord, to work for thee These hands, at home and over sea