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{ "title": "From Greenland's icy mountains", "author": "", "tune": "Missionary Hymn", "number": "383", "lyrics": "From Greenland's icy mountains,\nFrom India's coral strand,\nWere Afric's sunny fountains\nRoll down their golden sand,\nFrom many an ancient river,\nFrom many a palmy plain,\nThey call us to deliver\nTheir land from error's chain.\n\nWhat though the spicy breezes\nBlow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;\nThough ev'ry prospect pleases,\nAnd only man is vile:\nIn vain with lavish kindness\nThe gifts of God are strown;\nThe heathen in his blindness\nBows down to wood and stone.\n\nCan we, whose souls are lighted\nWith wisdom from on high,\nCan we to men benighted\nThe lamp of life deny?\nSalvation! O salvation!\nThe joyful sound proclaim,\nTill each remotest nation\nHas learned Messiah's Name.\n\nWaft, waft, ye winds, his story,\nAnd you, ye waters, roll,\nTill like a sea of glory\nIt spreads from pole to pole.\nTill o'er our ransomed nature\nThe Lamb for sinners slain,\nRedeemer, King, Creator,\nIn bliss returns to reign.", "first_line": "From Greenland's icy mountains," }