The phrase "India" resonates through 8 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
India
...For this stranger land.
India, sad India,
Let the dead years speak no more;...
For this stranger land.
India, sad India,
Let the dead years speak no more;
...Bid Brahmans preach the word;
And may all India’s tribes become
One caste to serve the Lord!...
Bid Brahmans preach the word;
And may all India’s tribes become
One caste to serve the Lord!
...Afric’s stricken daughters weep,
India’s sons no light descry?
May Thy Spirit pierce the gloom,...
Afric’s stricken daughters weep,
India’s sons no light descry?
May Thy Spirit pierce the gloom,
...Shall adore and praise our God.
India’s groves of palms so fair
Shall resound with praise and prayer;...
Shall adore and praise our God.
India’s groves of palms so fair
Shall resound with praise and prayer;
...Brightly bid its radiance flow.
India marks its luster stealing;
Shivering Greenland loves its rays;...
Brightly bid its radiance flow.
India marks its luster stealing;
Shivering Greenland loves its rays;
...From Greenland’s icy mountains,
From India’s coral strand,
Where Afric’s sunny fountains...
From Greenland’s icy mountains,
From India’s coral strand,
Where Afric’s sunny fountains
...And blossom like the rose.
India, beneath the chariot wheels
Of Juggernaut o’erthrown,...
And blossom like the rose.
India, beneath the chariot wheels
Of Juggernaut o’erthrown,
...Preach it to all of the world.
India’s waiting the message to hear,
Message of joy and of love;...
Preach it to all of the world.
India’s waiting the message to hear,
Message of joy and of love;
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