Heber's Missionary Hymn. Sung by some of the Members of the Cowbridge Choral Society, at the Anniversary Meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and Propgating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. October 12th, 1856 [...]
Letterpress, sheet 220 x 140mm (8½ x 5½").
Reginald Heber's (1783-1826) missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Wrexham. Widely sung until well into the 20th century, the hymn was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi. In 1823 Heber became the second bishop of Calcutta.
[Ref: 41218] £45.00
Reginald Heber's (1783-1826) missionary hymn 'From Greenland's Icy Mountains', written in 1819 for a service in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Wrexham. Widely sung until well into the 20th century, the hymn was denounced by John Betjeman and Gandhi. In 1823 Heber became the second bishop of Calcutta.
[Ref: 41218] £45.00