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"Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,) The Apostles' commission; or, The gospel attested by miracles, Mark 16. 15 &c. Matt. 28. 18 &c

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 128, under Mark 16:15.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 128

METRE

Not recorded 4 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

267 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

"Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,)

"Bid the whole earth my grace receive;

"He shall be sav'd that trusts my word,

"He shall be damn'd that won't believe.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Mark 16:15. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. MARK 16:15 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ MARK 16

"Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,) "Bid the whole earth my grace receive; "He shall be sav'd that trusts my word, "He shall be damn'd that won't believe. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 128. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 128 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN "Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,)

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 2 passages in 2 books. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Acts 1

2 Timothy 1

ACTS 1:1–11

1In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach, 2until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. 3After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss. … 7 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (0)

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