Missionary Song

'Abba!' gentle Jesus pray'd.
Kneeling in the garden shade;'
"Father!" Christ th' anointed king
Cried out in His suffering;
"Abba, Father! " sigh'd the Son,
"Not my will, but Thine be done."

"Jesus!" Jewish voices cry,
"Save from sin and misery!"
"Christ!" by Gentile hearts adored,
"Save us, our anointed Lord!"
"Abba, Father!" it is done,
All in ' Jesus Christ ' are one.

"Abba!" to Thy bosom take
Sin-cleansed souls for " Jesu's" sake;
"Father! " in our utmost need
We the " Christ" within us plead;
"Abba, Father!" day by day
We through " Jesus Christ " do pray.

"Jesus " — for the Jewish tribes,
On the top-stone Love inscribes;
"Christ"— for all the Gentile race.
Graving on its other face:
"Jesus Christ " — the Comer-stone!
Making all the building one!