 Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes...  The Canadian Monthly and National Review - Pàgina 307editat per - 1876Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Simon Coleman, John Elsner - 2003 - 178 pàgines
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone! (English Hymnal 1933: 709 (no. 547))... | |
 | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - 2003 - 324 pàgines
...Their land from error's chain! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, And every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness ^ Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Anglican clergyman, bishop of Calcutta. 2(' One of the oldest missionary... | |
 | Richard J. Mouw - 2004 - 312 pàgines
...Their land from error's chain. What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Karl Kroeger, Marie Kroeger - 2004 - 274 pàgines
...sun- ny 2d Treble Bass 2. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile, In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Robert Brown - 2005 - 401 pàgines
...land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | William Petersen, Ardythe Petersen - 2015 - 697 pàgines
...land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strown; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi - 2006 - 404 pàgines
...cites a poem that a Bishop Herber wrote in which he describes the Sinhalese people as blind heathens: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn The heathen in his blindness Bow down to wood and stone. Ven. Dhammananda concludes that this poem demonstrates that the missionaries... | |
 | John L. Bell - 2007 - 148 pàgines
...though the spicy breezes blow soft o 'er Ceylon s isle, though every prospect pleases and man alone is vile; in vain with lavish kindness, the gifts of God are strown, the heathen in his blindness bows down to wood or stone. or - to give a more balanced view... | |
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