Page 122
MISSIONARY
HYMN.
7,
6.
"
Go
ye,
therefore,
and
teach
all
nations."-MATT.
28:19.
REGINALD
HEBER,
D.
D.
Treble
by
JAMES
LANGSTON.
Key
of
F
Major.
LOWELL,
MASON,
1823.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1.
From
Greenland's
ic
-
y
moun-tains,
From
In
-
dia's
co
-
ral
strand;
Where
Af
-
ric's
sun
-
ny
foun-tains
Roll
down
their
gold
-
en
sand.
2.
2. What
though
the
spi
-
cy
breez
-
es
Blow
soft
o'er
Cey-lon's
isle,
Though
ev-'ry
pros
-
pect
pleas
-
es,
And
on
-
ly
man
is
vile;
3.
Shall
we,
whose
souls
are
light
-
ed
With
wis
-
dom
from
on
high,
Shall
we
to
men
be-night
-
ed
The
lamp
of
light
do
-
ny?
From
many
an
an
-
cient
riv
-
er,
From
many
a
palm
-
y
plain,
They
call
us
to
de
-
liv
-
er
Their
land
from
er
-
ror's
chain,
chain.
In vain
with
lav
-
ish
kindness
The
gifts
of
God
are
strown;
The
heath
-en
in
his
blindness
Bows
down
to
wood
and
stone.
stone.
Sal
-
va
-
tion,
oh,
sal
-
va
-
tion!
The
joy
-
ful
sound
pro
-
claim,
Till
earth's
re
-
mot
-
est
na
-
tion
Has
learned
Mes-si
-
ah's
name.
name.
Reginald
Heber,
D.
D.,
was
born
1783
and
died
1826.
He
belonged
to
the
Church
of
England.
He
was
an
American,
and
Bishop
of
Calcutta.
He
was
the
son
of
a
clergyman
of
the
same
name;
was
reared
at
Cheshire,
England,
and
educated
at
Oxford.
He
wrote
fifty-seven
valuable
hymns,
among
one
of
his
best
was
the
preceding
one.
He
was
also
a
poet,
and
wrote
books
on
this
subject.
Lowell
Mason
wrote
the
music
to
this
hymn
in
Savannah,
Ga.,
when
he
was
a
clerk
in
a
bank,
in
1823.
It
is
claimed
that
the
joining
of
the
hymn
and
tune
together
was
providential.
A
lady,
having
received
and
greatly
admired
one
of
Heber's
lyrics
from
England,
knew
no
music
that
would
fit
the
metre,
sent
them
to
Dowell
Mason,
and
in
half
an
hour
he
wrote
the
music
and
returned
them
to
the
lady.
It
came
to
him
naturally
on
reading
the
poetry.
The
song
flashed
through
his
mind
like
lightning,
and
he
wrote
and
composed
the
music
as
if
by
magic.
Mr.
Mason
said
that
he
made
no
effort
at
all
in
this
composition.
It
was
the
natural
impulse
flowing
through
his
mind
that
dictated
it.
He
was
born
1792
and
died
1872.
He
was
an
American
composer,
wrote
many
valuable
books,
and
was
the
most
able
composer
of
sacred
music
of
his
time.
He
was
a
Doctor
of
Music,
and
stood
high
the
world
over
as
a
musician.