1 GOD Great winds Thy clarions, the lightnings T sword; 2 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken 3 God the All-righteous One! man hath defied Thee; Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee; 4 God the All-wise! by the fire of Thy chastening, Thou wilt give peace in Thy time, O Lord. vv. 1 and 2, Henry F. Chorley, 1842; From Greenland's i cy mountains, From India's cor al strand, They call us to de liv er Their land from error's chain. gg A-men. 1 FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains From many a palmy plain, Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted Has learned Messiah's name. 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, It spreads from pole to pole; Reginald Heber, 1819 |