 | 1994 - 270 pagina’s
...sto - ry, And you, ye water« roll, Till like a sea of fountain?, Roll down their golden sand, I*om many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to de - liv - er Their land from error's chain, pleases, And on - ly man is rile : In vain with lavish... | |
 | William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - 1995 - 772 pagina’s
...be praised! The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Psalm 113:1-4, RSV From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...chain. What though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases. And only man is vile? In vain, with lavish kindness,... | |
 | Terrence L. Craig - 1997 - 206 pagina’s
...have for many of the missionaries I have written about, and for others that I have known. INTRODUCTION "From Greenland's icy mountains From India's coral...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain." Bishop Heber I Even readers indifferent to religion will be aware of the important roles missionaries... | |
 | William A. Owens - 1997 - 372 pagina’s
...Jocelyn led them in singing: "From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Africa's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From...call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain." While they sang, men and women who had never been outside a New England village dedicated themselves... | |
 | David Brion Davis - 1997 - 502 pagina’s
...encouragement for the immensely popular vision embodied in Reginald Heber's great missionary hymn, From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand. .... In vain with lavish kindness 'Hic gifts of God arc strown; The heat hen in his blindness Bows... | |
 | Laurie M. Carlson - 1998 - 270 pagina’s
...geography than the people: "From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Africa's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand, From...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. Can we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?... | |
 | Brian A. Wren - 2000 - 440 pagina’s
...givers to "them," seen as deluded recipients, as in Reginald Heber's "From Greenland's Icy Mountains": From many an ancient river, from many a palmy plain,...call us to deliver their land from error's chain. Can we, whose souls are lighted with wisdom from on high, can we to men benighted the lamp of life... | |
 | Jeffrey Richards - 2001 - 552 pagina’s
...Mountains, which contains all the assumptions underpinning the consensual view of missionary activity: From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...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... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 2002 - 404 pagina’s
...Calcutta, India, but died there at the age of forty-three. Notice how large is the Lord's harvest fteld. From Greenland's icy mountains, from India's coral...call us to deliver their land from error's chain. Shall we, whose souls are lighted with wisdom from on high, shall we to men benighted the lamp of life... | |
 | Catherine Hall - 2002 - 584 pagina’s
...Kingston to Cairo. 'From Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strand', sang the congregations, Where Afric's sunny fountains, Roll down their golden...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. Having helped to raise money to send missionaries overseas, the assembled faithful would sing of their... | |
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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. 
