Bis seine Strahlenwagen
Von Pol, zu Pole ziehn;
Bis der versöhnten Erde,
Das Lamm, der Sünderfreund,
Der Herr und Hirt’ der Heerde
In Herrlichkeit erscheint!
MUSIC. MISSIONARY HYMN, like the hymn to which it is sung, was written in a few minutes time. Miss Mary W. Howard of Savannah, Ga., read the words in the American edition of The Christian Observer, of February, 1823, and was so impressed with them that she requested a young bank clerk who had gone to Georgia from New England, to write a tune for them. He complied, and in a half hour handed her the tune which is now sung all over the world. The clerk was Lowell Mason. For further comments on Mason see [Hymn 12].
334. We have heard the joyful sound
Priscilla Jane Owens, 1829—c. 99
A missionary hymn written for the anniversary of a Sunday school in Baltimore in which the author had been a worker for many years.