The Christian constellations run,
As do the planets round the sun.
The Sun of Righteousness will shine
Within their souls, the light divine.

Eternity has ne'er begun
To end the same will ever shun,
The arc of time from nature's heights,
The future to the past unites.

Creator of the earth and sky,
Eternal ages lives on high,
A circle grand His being makes,
The human race the same partakes.

A part of God, the soul of man,
Shall live in blessing or in ban,
Through all the ages and shall dwell
In heaven's bliss or burning hell.

The advent of our Lord was made
At David's town, in evening shade;
His Christian banner there unfurled,
The sun has followed round the world.

To His disciples, Jesus gave
The great commission—man to save—
Concentric circles was the plan,
To find a lost, rebellious man.

My witnesses ye now shall be,
Of all the works observed in me,
Ye shall begin, with loving grace,
At home, Jerusalem's the place.

Ye through Judea, next shall go,
Samaria the truth must know,
To utmost places of the earth,
Ye shall proclaim Messiah's birth.

Through Europe to our western shore,
His name the savage tribes adore;
Pacific isles have heard the sound
Of prayers and preaching all around.

The Philippines and China, too,
Are lifting up His standard true;
His banner floating west has been,
Till Palestine we find again.

And thus is made a circle grand
Around the world, a holy band
Of Christians, who in love agree
To serve the Saviour faithfully.

The God of heaven—God of earth—
Delights to give a circle's worth,
Revealing thus on ev'ry hand
Himself, that men may understand.