MISSIONARY HYMN.

[BY THE REV. REGINALD HEBER,
NOW BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.]

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 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 strown;
The heathen in his blindness

Bows down to wood and stone.

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
By wisdom from on high,
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O salvation!

The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation

Has learnt Messiah's name.

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story;
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till like a sea of glory,

It spread from pole to pole ;
Till o'er our ransomed nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,*
Returns in bliss to reign.

*The gospel, promulgated by Jesus Christ, is repeatedly referred to in the epistles under the image of a new, that is, moral creation.

ANTHEM.

HOLY, Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty!
Thou to whom alone are
All praise and glory due!
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty!
Father everlasting!
Righteous, just, and true!

Bending down before thee,
Lo! thy sons adore thee,
Heart and voice declaring
Jehovah is thy name:
Winds in tempests blowing,
Waves o'er ocean flowing,
To remotest regions

Thy might and power proclaim.

In the heaven's expansion
Thou hast fixed thy mansion,
Clouds of endless glory

Encompassing thy throne;
Heard but in thy thunders!
Seen but in thy wonders!
Through eternal ages

Thou art God alone.

'Tis thy breath informs us,
'Tis thy spirit warms us,
If thy face be turned,

We should cease to be! Height nor depth oppose, thee, Trembling nature knows thee, Through the vast creation There is none but thee!

Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty!

Thou to whom alone are
All praise and glory due!
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty!
Father everlasting!
Righteous, just, and true!