Song: So Send I You

Song: So Send I You

Copyright Information: E. Margaret Clarkson, Public Domain

Lyrics:

1. So send I you - to labour unrewarded To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown, To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing - So send I you to toil for Me alone 2. So send I you to bind the bruised and broken O’er wandering souls to work, to weep, to wake, To bear the burdens of the world a-weary So send I you to suffer for My sake 3. So send I you to leave your life’s ambition, To die to dear desire, self-will resign, To labor long and love where men revile you So send I you to lose your life in Mine 4. So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred To eyes made blind because they will not see, To spend tho’ it be blood, to spend and spare not - So send I you to taste of Calvary 5. So send I you to bear My cross with patience And then one day with joy to lay it down, To hear My voice, “Well done, My faithful servant, Come, share My throne, My kingdom and My crown

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Song Meaning

Stanza 1 So send I you - to labour unrewarded To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown, To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing - So send I you to toil for Me alone

Meaning: This stanza echoes Jesus’ own words “As the Father has sent Me, so send I you.” It realistically describes the cost of missionary or servant life — working without recognition, pay, or appreciation, facing rejection and ridicule — yet doing it only for Christ’s sake, not for human reward.

Stanza 2 So send I you to bind the bruised and broken O’er wandering souls to work, to weep, to wake, To bear the burdens of the world a-weary So send I you to suffer for My sake

Meaning: The mission involves caring for the hurting and lost: comforting the broken, working, weeping, and waking people from spiritual sleep. It calls believers to carry the heavy emotional and spiritual burdens of others, willingly suffering as part of following Jesus.

Stanza 3 So send I you to leave your life’s ambition, To die to dear desire, self-will resign, To labor long and love where men revile you So send I you to lose your life in Mine

Meaning: True sending requires total surrender — giving up personal dreams, dying to selfish desires, and submitting one’s will to God. It means continuing to love even when people hate or insult you, and finding your life by losing it in Christ’s.

Stanza 4 So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred To eyes made blind because they will not see, To spend tho’ it be blood, to spend and spare not - So send I you to taste of Calvary

Meaning: The calling is to reach hard-hearted, spiritually blind people with the gospel. It demands total, sacrificial giving — even to the point of shedding blood — and sharing in the sufferings of the cross (Calvary).

Stanza 5 So send I you to bear My cross with patience And then one day with joy to lay it down, To hear My voice, “Well done, My faithful servant, Come, share My throne, My kingdom and My crown

Meaning: This final stanza offers hope and reward. Believers are to carry their cross patiently in this life, but one day they will lay it down with joy when Jesus says “Well done” and invites them to share His eternal throne, kingdom, and crown.

Summary of Song This powerful hymn by E. Margaret Clarkson is a realistic and challenging call to Christian service and missions. It reminds believers that following Jesus’ command “So send I you” often means hardship, rejection, sacrifice, and suffering with no earthly reward. Yet it encourages total surrender and costly love, promising that patient endurance will end in eternal joy and reward with Christ. The song is deeply moving for anyone considering full-time ministry, missionary work, or simply living a surrendered life for the Lord.