"Afric" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Afric
...O’er many leagues of flood,
’Neath Afric’s sky of glory,
In midnight prayer I stood,...
O’er many leagues of flood,
’Neath Afric’s sky of glory,
In midnight prayer I stood,
...Busy boys and girls may we
Toil for Afric wild;
Interested we should be...
Busy boys and girls may we
Toil for Afric wild;
Interested we should be
...Yet still we share the blissful hope!
From Burma’s shores, from Afric’s strand,
From India’s burning plain,...
Yet still we share the blissful hope!
From Burma’s shores, from Afric’s strand,
From India’s burning plain,
...And Asia’s millions join the cry,
With Afric’s starving throng,
While distant islands of the sea,...
And Asia’s millions join the cry,
With Afric’s starving throng,
While distant islands of the sea,
...Then shall Thy lofty praise resound
On Afric’s shores…thro’ India’s ground:
And islands of the southern sea...
Then shall Thy lofty praise resound
On Afric’s shores…thro’ India’s ground:
And islands of the southern sea
...Prepare, O earth, to meet Him.
Break, Afric, break thine age-long chains,
Proud Islam’s bondage spurning;...
Prepare, O earth, to meet Him.
Break, Afric, break thine age-long chains,
Proud Islam’s bondage spurning;
...From Asia’s dark dominions,
And Afric’s burning sand,
Like mighty streams of water...
From Asia’s dark dominions,
And Afric’s burning sand,
Like mighty streams of water
...From India’s coral strand;
Where Afric’s sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand:...
From India’s coral strand;
Where Afric’s sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand:
...O’er hoarse Atlantic’s wave,
From Afric comes the cry,
O Christians! haste and save,...
O’er hoarse Atlantic’s wave,
From Afric comes the cry,
O Christians! haste and save,
...Salvation’s sound shall yet ring round,
Old Afric’s coast by error bound,
And Jesus shall the victor be....
Salvation’s sound shall yet ring round,
Old Afric’s coast by error bound,
And Jesus shall the victor be.
...Jesus commands to go to every land,
From Greenland’s gleaming snow to Afric’s strand.
No longer then delay,...
Jesus commands to go to every land,
From Greenland’s gleaming snow to Afric’s strand.
No longer then delay,
...Cast their bonds away;
Let His praise from Afric’s shore
Rise and swell her wide lands o’er....
Cast their bonds away;
Let His praise from Afric’s shore
Rise and swell her wide lands o’er.
...To storied Palestina,
And Afric’s desert gloom.
The whole wide world for Jesus...
To storied Palestina,
And Afric’s desert gloom.
The whole wide world for Jesus
...Till every nation, every land,
From Greenland’s shore to Afric’s strand
Shall echo back the sound....
Till every nation, every land,
From Greenland’s shore to Afric’s strand
Shall echo back the sound.
...And Israel’s God is God alone.
Wild wastes of Afric, shout!
Your shackled sons are free;...
And Israel’s God is God alone.
Wild wastes of Afric, shout!
Your shackled sons are free;
...Set up Thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric shores, on India’s plains;
On wilds and continents unknown,...
Set up Thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric shores, on India’s plains;
On wilds and continents unknown,
...Shall crown Him Lord of all.
On Afric’s far off sunny slopes,
By China’s kingly wall,...
Shall crown Him Lord of all.
On Afric’s far off sunny slopes,
By China’s kingly wall,
...They raised the banner bright
On Afric’s hostile shore,
The heathen saw a light,...
They raised the banner bright
On Afric’s hostile shore,
The heathen saw a light,
...Of the Asiatic sea,
And when Afric’s sons and daughters
Give their days to teach of Thee....
Of the Asiatic sea,
And when Afric’s sons and daughters
Give their days to teach of Thee.
...Through Egypt and Assyria,
And Afric’s burning sand,
O haste ye and bring them,...
Through Egypt and Assyria,
And Afric’s burning sand,
O haste ye and bring them,
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