"The Lord gave the Word: great was the company of those that published it.... Thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.... ETHIOPIA shall soon stretch out her hands to God" (Psalm 68:11,18,31). "And they, when they had testified and preached the Word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.... And behold, a man of ETHIOPIA, an eunuch of great authority... had come to Jerusalem for to worship.... Then Philip... preached unto him Jesus.... And the eunuch said.... I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.... and he [Philip] baptized him.... and he [the eunuch] went on his way rejoicing" (Acts 8:25-39).
The Lord God has given His Word:
How great were the messengers sent!
How good were the tidings then heard:
That rebels are saved who repent!
How great is evangelization,
A gift God has given to men:
The Gospel is sent to each nation
Till Jesus our Lord comes again.
One triumph especially named
Among all the peoples and lands,
Was within Ethiopia claimed:
To God they would stretch forth their hands.
We see this occurring with joy,
To the eunuch to whom Philip preached,
Who saw from the Scriptures employed,
The Gospel of Christ to him reached.
So then let us be ready to share
As was Philip who spoke from the Word
To that dear Ethiopian there,
Who rejoiced in the Gospel he heard!
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