1 Speed away! speed away! on your mission of light
To the lands in the darkness of error and night!
Bear a message of hope to the people afar,
Tell of Him who has come as the Bright “Morning Star;”
O ye angels of light!
To the land steeped in night,
Speed away! speed away! speed away!

2 Speed away! speed away! for the night cometh on;
Reach the nations afar ere the set of the sun;
They are perishing now, untold number each day;
They are passing from hope to death’s valley away;
O ye angels of light!
To the land steeped in night,
Speed away! speed away! speed away!

3 Speed away! speed away! in the name of the Lord!
Bear the news of salvation revealed in God’s word;
For the heart of the Savior is wounded with grief,
Since so slowly we render our help and relief;
O ye angels of light!
To the land steeped in night,
Speed away! speed away! speed away!