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Strange scenes, strange men, untold, untried distress; Pain, hardships, famine, cold, and nakedness, Diseases; death, in every hideous form, On shore, at sea, by fire, by flood, by storm; Wild beasts, and wilder men:—unmoved with fear, Health, comfort, safety, life they count not dear, May they but hope a Saviour’s love to show, And warn one spirit from eternal woe: Nor will they faint, nor can they strive in vain, Since thus—to live is Christ, to die is gain.
Strange scenes, strange men, untold, untried distress; Pain, hardships, famine, cold, and nakedness, Diseases; death, in every hideous form, On shore, at sea, by fire, by flood, by storm; Wild beasts, and wilder men:—unmoved with fear, Health, comfort, safety, life they count not dear, May they but hope a Saviour’s love to show, And warn one spirit from eternal woe: Nor will they faint, nor can they strive in vain, Since thus—to live is Christ, to die is gain.
Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- James Montgomery
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- Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 393 · printed citation: James Montgomery · subject: MISSIONARIES
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