| James Clarke Franks - 1834 - 572 pągines
...river. Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Geyloii'a is4e> Though every prospect pleases. And only man Is vile!...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strowft; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose soilIS are lighted... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 pągines
...majesty, and might, and praise for evermore." CS THE FAMILY OF GLENCARRA.— No. IV. BY SIDNEY O'MoBE. " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1835 - 462 pągines
...many on ancient From many a palmy plain, . They call us lo deliver Their land from error's chain.. 4H What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men bei\\%Vted The lamp of Yvfe dev^ \ Salvation! O Sa\vaUoti\... | |
| American Sunday-School Union - 1835 - 346 pągines
...on ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Tneir land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, all we, to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| William Allen - 1835 - 812 pągines
...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...Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on hi";h, — Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? — mf Salvation ! — O salvation ! The... | |
| American Tract Society - 1835 - 224 pągines
...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...of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp... | |
| 1835 - 476 pągines
...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,...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. S Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| Church missionary society - 614 pągines
...means, to shed Gospel light on the awful darkness of that land >. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny. Salvation ! Oh, Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation ' "WE WAIT FOR THY LOVING KINDNESS,... | |
| Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 pągines
...(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...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.69 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
| Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 pągines
...(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...vile. In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God arc strewn. The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.49 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
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