A popular missionary hymn, breathing the spirit of Christ’s great commission: “Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” The message of the hymn, in which lies the hope of the nations, is summarized in the chorus. The words and music are by the same person, Henry Ernest Nichol, who was born at Hull, England, December 10, 1862. He always signed his correct name to a tune, and the anagram “Colin Sterne,” to a hymn. Oxford University gave him his degree in music. His compositions, many of them for the church, have the simplicity and directness of the folk song. The tune here forms a splendid musical setting for the words and may be sung variously, as a solo, duet, all the voices in unison, or in four parts. 336. On the mountain top appearing _Thomas Kelly_, 1769-1854 Based on Isa. 52:7: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.” The hymn was written after the good news came from the island of Tahiti that the first little band of mission workers sent there by the London Missionary Society, was kindly received by the natives, their message heard and welcomed, and that there was every prospect for the success of the mission. Hearing the news, Rev. Thomas Kelly wrote this hymn, entitling it, “On the Good News from Tahiti.” The London Missionary Society met soon afterward for an enthusiastic gathering where this hymn was first sung. For comments on Thomas Kelly see Hymn 119. _MUSIC._ ZION. This tune is also used with the hymn, “Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,” but it is better suited to the present hymn. For comments on the composer, Thomas Hastings, see Hymn 120. 337. Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim _Bourne H. Draper_, 1775-1843 A hymn, originally of four stanzas, written as a farewell to missionaries. The author, Rev. Bourne H. Draper, was born of a Church of England family, near Oxford, England. He joined the Baptist Church while employed as a printer’s apprentice at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. He trained himself for the Baptist ministry and became pastor of the Baptist Church at Chipping-Norton. A man of great piety and poetic gift, he wrote numerous books for children as well as devotional works and volumes of sermons. _MUSIC._ MISSIONARY CHANT appeared in the composer’s _American Harp_, 1835, where it was identified with this hymn. Concerning the composition of the tune, Zeuner said: “I was sitting on one of those seats on Boston Commons on a most beautiful moonlight evening, all alone, with all the world moving about me, and suddenly ‘Missionary Chant’ was given me. I ran home as fast as ever I could and put it on paper before I should forget.”