This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...to a corner of the room. After a while Dr. Shipley asked, "What have you written?" Heber then read the first three stanzas of that magnificent hymn which he had so quickly written: "From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...to a corner of the room. After a while Dr. Shipley asked, "What have you written?" Heber then read the first three stanzas of that magnificent hymn which he had so quickly written: "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. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high--Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! O Salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name!" "There, there!" joyfully and triumph antly exclaimed Dr. Shipley. "That will do--that will do!" "No, no," said Heber, "the sense is not yet complete." Taking the manuscript again in his hand and retiring a second time to his nook in the corner, in a few moments he wrote that magnificent fourth stanza, "Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign." The next morning, in the church at "Wrexham, this great missionary hymn was sung for the first time and it was not long before it was adopted all over the world, and it will never cease to be sung so long as there is a single heathen to be converted. Like many of our finest hymns, it was born on the instant, coming by a sudden flash-...
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Good. Tight binding. Unmarked text pages. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Blue boards lightly scuffed. No DJ. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
