Text: | From Greenland's Icy Mountains |
Author: | Reginald Heber |
Tune: | MISSIONARY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
1 From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand;
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chain.
2 What tho' the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle--
Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases,
And only man is vile!
In vain, with lavish kindness,
The gifts of God are strown;
The heathen, in their blindness,
Bow down to wood and stone.
3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high--
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation
Has heard Messiah's name.
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First Line: | From Greenland's icy mountains |
Title: | From Greenland's Icy Mountains |
Author: | Reginald Heber |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1935 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MISSIONARY |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Key: | E♭ Major |