"India" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
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;
...From east to west the message runs,
And even India yields her sons,
And even India yields her sons....
From east to west the message runs,
And even India yields her sons,
And even India yields her sons.
...By the Orinoco’s strand;
O’er the burning plains of India,
Tell it out in every land....
By the Orinoco’s strand;
O’er the burning plains of India,
Tell it out in every land.
...Of solid peace partake.
Let Europe’s sons to India’s shores,
This sacred volume send;...
Of solid peace partake.
Let Europe’s sons to India’s shores,
This sacred volume send;
...By the Orinoco’s strand;
O’er the burning plains of India,
Tell it out in every land....
By the Orinoco’s strand;
O’er the burning plains of India,
Tell it out in every land.
...Or soon ’twill be too late.
The ripened grain on India’s plain,
Still waits for reapers true;...
Or soon ’twill be too late.
The ripened grain on India’s plain,
Still waits for reapers true;
...To cheer and bless his thirsty land.
Go tell, on India’s golden shores,
The Ganges, Tibet, and Bhoutan,...
To cheer and bless his thirsty land.
Go tell, on India’s golden shores,
The Ganges, Tibet, and Bhoutan,
...I from Greenland’s frozen land,
I from India’s sultry plain,
I from Africa’s barren sand,...
I from Greenland’s frozen land,
I from India’s sultry plain,
I from Africa’s barren sand,
...From Burma’s shores, from Afric’s strand,
From India’s burning plain,
From Europe, from Columbia’s land,...
From Burma’s shores, from Afric’s strand,
From India’s burning plain,
From Europe, from Columbia’s land,
...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
...And every heart with transport fills!
While India’s sons, adorned with gold,
The source of light and life behold;...
And every heart with transport fills!
While India’s sons, adorned with gold,
The source of light and life behold;
...Proud Islam’s bondage spurning;
Sing, India, sing o’er all thy plains,
Sorrow to joy is turning....
Proud Islam’s bondage spurning;
Sing, India, sing o’er all thy plains,
Sorrow to joy is turning.
...start
I need not go to India,
To China or Japan;...
start
I need not go to India,
To China or Japan;
...start
I need not go to India,
To China or Japan;...
start
I need not go to India,
To China or Japan;
...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
...Over land and sea to roam;
Darkest Africa and India
We perhaps will ne’er explore,...
Over land and sea to roam;
Darkest Africa and India
We perhaps will ne’er explore,
...The Lamp of Life, the Light divine.
And India’s myriad sons
Stretch forth their dusky hands;...
The Lamp of Life, the Light divine.
And India’s myriad sons
Stretch forth their dusky hands;
...China’s millions join the strains,
Waft them on to India’s plains.
Let the song go round the earth,...
China’s millions join the strains,
Waft them on to India’s plains.
Let the song go round the earth,
...To China’s princely state;
From India’s vales and mountains,
Thro’ Persia’s land of bloom,...
To China’s princely state;
From India’s vales and mountains,
Thro’ Persia’s land of bloom,
...The song has sounded o’er the waters,
And India’s plains re-echo joy;
Beneath the moon sit India’s daughters,...
The song has sounded o’er the waters,
And India’s plains re-echo joy;
Beneath the moon sit India’s daughters,
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