Heaven's Health

"God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us; (Selah) that Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations" (Psalm 67:1,2). "But he [Stephen], being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.... And at that time there was a great persecution against the church.... Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.... And there was great joy in that city" (Acts 7:55-57, 8:1-8).

May God be merciful to us,
And so from heaven shine His face,
That He may send His people thus
To show the earth His saving grace.

Stephen, seeing heaven's light,
Made known the glory of our God,
And as the church was put to flight,
They preached the Word to those abroad.

Philip also then went down,
And with God's Word, Samaria reached.
Heaven's health was there renown,
And joy was great where Christ was preached.

The Gospel is the same today.
The need for Christ has not diminished.
The earth still needs to know His way.
Our mission here is not yet finished.

May we therefore keep in mind,
As debtors sent to every nation,
God has blessed us and has shined
That we may share His great salvation.