 | Bible - 1799 - 224 pages
...as such it was felt by the poet who penned these lines : — JEREMIAH MOURNING THE DEATH OF JOSIAH. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! 0 salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, , Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name.... | |
 | Missions - 1821 - 632 pages
...golden sand ; From many an ancient river, Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on higli, Shall we to men benighted The Lamp of Life deny ? Salvation! oh, Salvation! From many a palmy plain; The joyful sound proclaim, They call us to deliver | Till each"reniotest nation... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - Bible - 1814 - 696 pages
...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...high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth s remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's... | |
 | 1823 - 594 pages
...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 With wisdom from...benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! oh, Salvation I The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name! Waft, waft ye winds,... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1824 - 498 pages
...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...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O Salvation.! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's name.... | |
 | Religion - 1824 - 884 pages
...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man it vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The 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... | |
 | Asia - 1824 - 724 pages
...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall we to man benighted. The lamp of... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain,— They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. ;. 2 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light deny? Salvation ! O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, 'Till each remotest nation Has learn'd... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...kindness, The gifts of God are shewn, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. JULY 1825. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! <>1ц Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim Till... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...lavish kindness, The gifts of God are shewn, The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh, Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim Till each... | |
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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 his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose... 
