...land from error's chain. 2 What though the spioy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle; Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 8 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high Shall we, to men benighted The joyful...

...land from error's chain. 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...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high Shall we, to men benighted The lamp of...

...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 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...vain with lavish kindness, . The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,...

...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2. " What though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness. The giflt of God are strewn, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3. " Shall we,...

...plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow sou o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases,...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted...

...fairness of a country scene : but how sadly, as well as beautifully true, are Bishop Heber's lines,— ' In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' It is often where the material forms of nature wear their loveliest aspect, that moral degradation...

...though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, And ev'ry prospect pleases?— mp Yet man, alas, is vile ! — In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted...

...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 \Vhat though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect please?, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gills of God are strown; The heathen...

...for there first I saw man, made in the image of God, bowing down to worship the stock of a tree. " In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The Heathen in hij blindness Bows down to wood and stone." \Ve must now go on board another steamer, called the Erin,...

...(1822-26). The hymn is entitled, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," and includes the following verse: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...strewn, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.69 While use of the word "heathen" was common, it was unkind, injudicious, and inaccurate...