Come, All Whose Souls Are Lighted
Author: Reginald Heber
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1. Come, all whose souls are lighted
2With wisdom from on high.
3Shall we, to men benighted,
4The lamp of life deny?
5Salvation! Oh, salvation!
6The joyful sound proclaim,
7Till earth’s remotest nation
8Has learned Messiah’s name.
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11. From Greenland’s icy mountains, 102. From Greenland’s icy mountains,
2From India’s coral strand; 11From India’s coral strand,
3Where Afric’s sunny fountains 12Where Afric’s sunny fountains
n 4Roll down their golden sand; n 13Roll down their golden sand,
5From many an ancient river, 14From many an ancient river,
6From many a palmy plain, 15From many a palmy plain,
7They call us to deliver 16They call us to deliver
8Their land from error’s chain. 17Their land from error’s chain.
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n 102. What though the spicy breezes n 193. Go tell, ye winds, his story,
11Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle;
12Though ev’ry prospect pleases,
13And only man is vile?
14In vain with lavish kindness
15The gifts of God are strewn;
16The heathen in his blindness
17Bows down to wood and stone.
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193. Shall we, whose souls are lighted
20With wisdom from on high,
21Shall we, to men benighted,
22The lamp of life deny?
23Salvation! O salvation!
24The joyful sound proclaim,
25Till earth’s remotest nation
26Has learn’d Messiah’s name.
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284. Waft, waft, ye winds, his story,
29And you, ye waters, roll, 20And mighty waters, roll,
30Till, like a sea of glory, 21Till, like a sea of glory,
31It spreads from pole to pole; 22It spreads from pole to pole;
t 32Till o’er our ransomed nature, t 23Till o’er our ransomed nature
33The Lamb for sinners slain, 24The Lamb, for sinners slain,
34Redeemer, King, Creator, 25Redeemer, King, Creator
35In bliss returns to reign. 26In bliss returns to reign.
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