The phrase "burning sands" resonates through 5 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
burning sands
...No traveler through desert lands,
’Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More eager longs for cooling rain,...
No traveler through desert lands,
’Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More eager longs for cooling rain,
...Come over into Canaan land;
No burning sands, but fountains sparkling with delight,
Come over into Canaan land....
Come over into Canaan land;
No burning sands, but fountains sparkling with delight,
Come over into Canaan land.
...Go to distant heathen lands,
Valleys, jungles, burning sands,
Freely you have gifts received,...
Go to distant heathen lands,
Valleys, jungles, burning sands,
Freely you have gifts received,
...But safe may pass, if duty leads,
Through burning sands or mountain snows.
Released from guilt he feels no fear,...
But safe may pass, if duty leads,
Through burning sands or mountain snows.
Released from guilt he feels no fear,
...Well He knows the pathway
O’er life’s burning sands,
Courage, fainting pilgrim,...
Well He knows the pathway
O’er life’s burning sands,
Courage, fainting pilgrim,
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