Main message: Encourage christians to tell the story of Jesus and His love

Bible references:

• V1. "vision calls" (Acts 9:10, 12)

"From the east, from the west" (Revelations 7:9)

"Crown’d" (Revelations 2:8)

"Jesus calling" (Matthew 28:19-20)

• V2. "Gospel" (Mark 1:1)

"Word of peace" (Luke 2:14)

"Beautiful—the feet" (Isaiah 52:7)

"Good news" (Acts 14:22)

"Blow the trumpet" (1 Corinthians 15:52)

"Raise the banner" (Psalm 20:5)

"Save us by His grace" (Ephesians 2:5)

Keywords: hearken, vision, calls, spread, grace, messengers, proclaim, haste, peace, beautiful, feet, preach, blow, trumpet, rise, go tell

Interpretation notes:

• The hymn uses dotted rhythm. 

• It is a long hymn in ternary form (A, A, B, A). 

• The form returns to the main message about preaching after describing the origin and motivation for evangelism. 

• The hymn is in march style.