From Greenlands Icy Mountains.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 4

From Greenlands Icy Mountains.

• , ; T|hJsi i s :°W ?f c ■ ?TlO ? t thoroughly missionary hymns ever wri'tteri Us author,: ilieginald,:^iehcr, was one, of the most eminent missionary bishops of the l^nglish Church, and now the missionary people tlie world over have adopted this ;anima-,, ted. and inspiring hymn.- It. lias a history 1 extremely interesting, hut only a brief notice, pf it can b£ given here. On .Whit " Sunday, ]^19,r| y^-mon was..to/be preached m! WrexJiar^Cliu^ \\['files/^r tfed. P. G. 'Society, an'd'the.h'rs.t;..qfv.a;j J seri.es; jof e^ninwlect.ures \vas,tp be gi^eri/the same "day m the sapi/s church', The vicar, Dr! . IS.hip.ley,, -Dean \of- St). Asaph/had his sontin^lawv the R^yV 'lt. ; Heber, rector of ''Hodnet| to deliver, tiie^rjStjlecturie. On ; the Saturday ;tjie dean requested Hebertb", write ' ( sometliihg new for 1 'them to'sing jii the morning.] 1 'A'ftfer jdinqer fieber \ read fhe first three ' ver^eis He 'h;a!d 'wrjtteri, and the 'clean \vas' 'delighted with them, (saying, " f^iey, would ,do, very welV', ( ,,To wliicli *fieber replied. " No, no~r the ■"sense" is not complete. Reliiqtantly jtljp^eajnr.QQnsentGd to " >the addition proposed^ and when the 'j fourth ] vers'ewa^ raad, i6oiirini^h(;ft>^-U ■* 'Waft, wafty'y'e isto-i'y',-•even ; the" criti^al ;i ;"'l)'earl f , L ; . with 'sorrie friends Wrio wdr^' pf£s&tit;; acknofiv l■■lWg"ed^r/c!'!.apprbpriaieness I of 'the f tH^;Ver^^ave !to,: tii'ej Hy'nin, 'afrd^th'e Wre'xKam'co.ngre^atiion was the first to sing that nobie; hymn. which"has"be*en "chante'cl by millions of the Lord's people scattered' 'over Qhristjan ( world. } 'li|ter9,ry eutioJity/'the' l Welsri ; pflntjer^vho .fjr^st se^.tliej^ymn ini.type.fpi^.and f fjeber>i; original | Tnaniii-. script of the hymn, which, iisi, now "highly ]Svi^id/ J ' '^'^e ' primer I is^'fe'till living who ''first'-karted it J on : jits ■gMuous ; eai-eer : ( "df ( -usefulneWi >> Ih 1852' two • bis^ib'nar'ies wei;e- tJ %fen't Bish^Jlm^ '; Osgopd'':Ah ( i- 1 drews, of ' tbjb 'M'eJtlVo.ciist Episcopal ; : Ch.urcjiv6f^m^nca^^ represent the ''South Carolina 'Co jiierence ;oii".'thje Pacific co^st^w^rpj. there ; was ' 'a [ grand raj|y'pf! tjie.,' |i polyglottal g^hcrjngyf ,pepple of every , ,r,e{ilm ; a ( nd I pf ey,ery .^ngue. It was a .fir^ej opportunity, /jfqr American Methodism fo, plant itself where such I a wide and' effectuul'door was #ptm+ cd. '..One of • those Missionaries wrote home to report progress, and j said how- great was his joy oi|ie Sun- | day afternoon in' 1 858, m thb Santa 1 OlaraValleyy tb'hear a manjand Jiis •wife 'from r Sbai)i Carolina )smg "m i front of their te'ii't : — \ '.' '.'. ' (l i Waft, waf?, l; ye ,wi^, :i Hiis story,, „; , And, y pu,i , ye, . .waters r j>ll, Till, like. a sea of glory, I :> "i.. It.srjreaciS'ftom.pblei.ty polo:; ) Till .©"erour.ransomed natujre The Lamb for sinners sUm, - Iledeerner, Ein'gji'Gfeatoif, I ■ ' "Ih^bliss-rfe^uMife^tcU'eigni Xhere^as, melody m that song. It came so unexpectedly ; the Lnissionaries had see.ii tpe jhills andj valleys m all ., their .natural, luxuriiance of f!owers....and foliage for ; several months .;. bj.it, -.fcb.a,t : soilg,£ehiing on /tbe/ajr;, was,Uk(3 -new; yfe tio cheer l tlie*preacHers in' their todsi — '(&*!'*