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N AEIERICAN writer once said:
“It does not necessarily tuiic
a lifetime to accomplish in)-
mortality.

“A have not done in a. moment, it
courageous word spoken at the fitting.
time, at few lines which ‘an be writ--
ten on a sheet of notcpzviper, may g we
one a deathlcss mime.”

Such was the case. with Reginald
Heber, known n'i'ierex'cr the influenca
of the Christian religion has pene—
trated, by his unequaled missionary
11 *mn: '

“F‘rmn G'rl‘QG‘l'llx'liHTF; Icy l‘vlountains.”

Although the origin of Bishop
I-Ieber’s hymn. may he as familiar as a
household word, its circumstantial
story will bear repeating.

A royal letter was issued in 1819 re»
questing that collections should be
made in all churches of England on be—
half oi? the Society for the Propaga—
tion at the Gospel in. .li'orcign Parts.

Reginald I—Iebcr, then rector of
Hodnet, was visiting. his father-in-law.
Dr. Shipiey, dean of St. Asaph and
rector of W'rexhum.

Half a dozen friends were gathered
in the little rectory parlor, on Satur—
day afternoon, when Dr. Shipley,
knowing; the vase with which he com-
posed, turned to Hebcr and request-
ed him to write some missionary lines
to be sung in the church the next
morning, as he was going to preach
on the subject of missions.

The Rector of Hodnet retired to a,
corner of the room, remained there in
deep thought for a. brief time and when

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he had rcjoinedvthe ministerial party
read the first three Verses oi.’ the tat--
mous hymn.

“That will
Shipley.

“The sense is not yet complete, rc—
plied Heber. who again retired and in
a few moments returned with the
noble bugle blast oi? the fourth
stanza:«- .

“\Vaft, wul‘i‘ 3'9 winds, His story;

And you, ye waters roll,

”l‘ill, like :1. son. of glory,

1'!’ spreads from pole to pole;
"l‘iii, o'er our 1"ansomed nature,

The lamb for sinners slain, ‘
tedeemur. King, Creator,

In hliSs' return to reign."

The tune to which this hymn is song
has been a powerful aid to the cause
01' foreign missions, and its story'is
not less interesting than that of the
Verses.

in 1823, a, lady living in Savannah,
Georgia. obtained a copy of the words.
She had a desire to hear them sung,
but could find no music to which they
could he set.

It came to her knowledge that a
young hank clerk in the city had quite
a local reputation as a composer of
church music.

She sent the words to him, with a
note in which was expressed the hope
that he might be able to adapt them
to an appropriate tune.

In the course of an hour, as the
story says. the words were returned
with the melody.

The young bank cleric was Lowell

do very well," sz‘vid Dr.

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.ymns

*i‘om Greenland’s icy Mountains.

Mason, illu.‘ thirty—one years old; who
hecznne ihe erratum, hymn tune com-
poser this «..-<‘nniti‘j-.'.lni:< mmr produced.

This may be on t);\:;n;g'r:ruted esti-
mate of the. influence of the hymn, but
it is not unlike-1y that it has done more
than any other hymn of; its class to in—
spire and strengthen the. churches in
their («i‘iforts to propagate the Christ—
inn religion among; the, heuthens of
many lands. 4

Bishop Haber was born in 1783 in
Cheshire, flingiand.

“"hen only twenty years old he took
the. university prize with his poem, Pal—
estine, which was considered the best
Oxford poem of the century.

He read it in Convocation I18.“ at
the annual commenccmcnt and it was
received with (—111 outburst of: applause
“as probably never before greeted an
Oxford student."

llelwr vos rector oi‘ IIodnet sixteen
years, where it is supposed he wrote all
his hymns. .

]‘n 1823 he was made bishop of Cal—
cuttu and early one morning in April,
1826. after confirming a large class of
natives, he [00k a cold bath which re-
sulted in instant death.

BisliOp Heber wrote fifty-seven
hymns, and competent authority says
that every one of them is in common'

‘ use.

That every hymn a. writer has pro-
duced should find a place in the service
of the church is an honor that is paid
to no other hymnist in the history“ of
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 THE BIRTHPLACE OF A IIYMIN.

Where ”Prom Greenland’s Icy Mountains"
Was Sung for the First Time.

i SAVANNAH, April l3.———The birthplace of

a hymn the melody of which has encircled

the globe passed into ruins during the fire

in this city on last Saturday night.

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It was in the Independent Presbyterian

Savannah, that Bishop Heber’s song, "From
Grecnland’s Icy Mountains,” was first heard.
Sixty-five years ago there was a meeting pro—
jected in aid of foreign missions. In the course
ol‘the services an unfamiliar song was reached.
Lowell Mason was at the organ. As his lingers
pressed the keys the congregation, that filled the
church fromend to end, and surged along the
aisles. was thrilled with the strange melody. It
seemed an inspiration suited not ior the hour
alone but for all such occasions, in all places
and through all time. Such it has proved to be.
‘ The words,
“They callus to deliver
Their land from error’s chain,”

that those Savannahians so long ago sent in You‘d
swelling volume upon the broad streets of their
forest town, have since resonnded throughout
man’s domains, and many a consecrated mis-
sionary, leaving friends and home behind. has
b me with him to foreign clinics the echoes of
t to music that the organist of the Savannah
Church composed and set to the grand words
that the Bishop of Calcutta had written espe-
cially 101‘ that occasion.

r'l‘here were many other interesting facts con-
nected with the burned church. When it was
dedicated on Sunday, May 9,1319, James Monroe.
president of the United States, his Cabinet of-
ficers, generals and admirals and other officers
of high and low degree, were present, together
with distinguished men from surrounding states.
It was an audience the like of which Savannah
had never before seen. Lafayette. in 1825, stood
within and expressed his admiration, and since
then many men distinguished in state and na-
tional annals have done likewise. In it, in 1832.
the centennial anniversary of the birth of George
Washington was celebrated.

It is stated that Mrs. C. F. Mills, whose chari-
ties have made her one of Savannah’s greatest
benefactrcsses, has offered 5100.000 towards re-
. stOring the edifice on the original plan. which
was a copy of St. Martin in-the-Field, England,
the architect of
Christopher Wren.
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“From Greenland’s Icy .Mountains.

The hymn “From Greenland’s Icy
Mountains” was written by Reginald He-o
ber about 1809. He was, according to the
story, as told by The New York Sun, stay-
ing with his father-in-law, the dean of St.
Asaph’s cathedral, when a gentleman pres-
ent who was to preach a missionary sen
mom said he Would like to have a good
hymn for the occasion. Heber went aside
and in ashort time returned with three
verses of the hymn, which he at once set
to music. He added the *fourth verse, and
the hymn was sung the next day. Heber
became bishop of Calcutta, including In-
dia, Ceylon and Australia, in 18:33, and
died in 1825. ' ‘ x a

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