What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though 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... Hymns for the Church of Christ - Page 375edited by - 1853 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1799 - 396 pages
...give the Holy Scriptures to the world, without note or comment, at the smallest possible expense ? Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, oh ! salvation, The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation H;is learned Messiah's name. INFANT'S... | |
| Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - Bible - 1814 - 696 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O Salvation... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1837 - 668 pages
...the depths of the bottomless pit : 121 " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." When, O when shall these desolate places of the earth, spiritually bud and blossom as the rose? When... | |
| 1847 - 648 pages
...weeping heart, of Heber's lines. What ' Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ? What though with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ?...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' On my return, I found that the serpent (boa-constrictor) which is worshipped in a house immediately... | |
| 1823 - 570 pages
...deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle. Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile?...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone* Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high. Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light... | |
| Missions - 1823 - 600 pages
...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...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| 1823 - 594 pages
...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...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
| Missions - 1823 - 610 pages
...deliver. Their land from error's chain . What though the spicy breezes. Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle ; Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile...In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn; The Heathen in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we whose sonls are lighted,... | |
| Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1824 - 498 pages
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O Salvation.!... | |
| Christianity - 1822 - 768 pages
...Their land from Error's chain. What tho' the ipicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
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