 | Hymns, English - 1837 - 90 pages
...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...souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
 | Johannes Zollikofer - Prayer books - 1837 - 722 pages
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 9 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall •we, whose sonls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation... | |
 | John Sandford - Bible - 1837 - 252 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 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, Shall we to man benighted, The lamp of... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 456 pages
...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...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 ! oh, salvation-!... | |
 | John Sandford - Bible - 1837 - 252 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What, though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...with lavish kindness. The gifts of God are strown j The Heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With... | |
 | John Parry - 1837 - 216 pages
..._i M r " /m tt i i : L — r. • ... call us to de li - ver Their land from Er - ror's chain. II. 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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. in. Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 116 pages
...vile; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we whose souls are...high, Shall we to man benighted, The lamp of life deny '? Salvation ! 0 Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's... | |
 | Arvind Sharma - Religion - 1988 - 236 pages
...(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 - Religion - 1988 - 236 pages
...(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"... | |
 | Wilfred Cantwell Smith - Religion - 1991 - 360 pages
...Methodist Hymn-Book, with tunes, London, Wesleyan Conference Office, 1904, number 770, runs as follows: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. The hymn had extremely wide use in the English-speaking Protestant church for a time. Later, however,... | |
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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... 
