 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830 - 204 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 210 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 pages
...; The heathen in his blindness Bbws down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The...Salvation ! O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name. 504. CM MONTGOMERY. Restoration of Israel. 1 DAUGHTER... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 200 pages
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Josiah Brewer - Istanbul (Turkey) - 1830 - 408 pages
...following, to wit : — " A residence at Constantinople in the year 1827, with notes to the present time. " Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny '.—Heber. •• By Josiah Brewer, Missionary to the Mediterranean." In conformity to the Act of... | |
 | Camp meetings - 1830 - 332 pages
...is vile; In vain, with lavish kindnee*. The gtfta of God are strewn, The heathen, in his hlindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls...are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to man henighted, The lamp of life deny I Salvation! oh, salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
 | John Adey - Hymns - 1830 - 260 pages
...ancient rivor, 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... | |
 | Reformed Church in America - Hymns - 1831 - 182 pages
...Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness Tlie heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone....wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp x>f lii'e deny ? Salvation ! O Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation... | |
 | Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 584 pages
...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...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high — Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life deny ?— t Salvation ! — oh,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Islands of the Pacific - 1832 - 366 pages
...of this interesting but polluted race, is in the language of Heber's missionary hymn — 334 HYMN. ' Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Shall learn Messiah's name." END OF VOL. I. • f G. Wourff all, Printer, Angel Court, Skinner Street,... | |
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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 strown : The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 
