When will they know?

“I wandered ’cross deserts
And ’cross the vast plains;
I never heard answered
The question I asked in vain;
When will they know, Lord?
When will it be? When will they
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me’?
“And then I looked ’round me
And heard the vast cry;
Then I felt my tears fall
And said, Lord, it is I;
They’ll never know, Lord,
It never will be. They’ll never
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me.’
“When will they know Jesus,
The man I love?
When will they turn, Lord
From the way they go?
They’ll never know, Lord,
It never will be. They’ll never
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me.’
“And now the Lord sends me
To all of the earth;
To tell all the people
They have great worth;
When will they know, Lord?
When will it be? When will
They hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me’?
“And then they’ll know Jesus
When I will say,
‘Come, follow Him, People,
He is the way. . . .’ ”*