 | Henry Forster Burder, Isaac Watts - Bible - 1826 - 476 pages
...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 souls are lighted By wisdom from on high; Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! Oh, salvation... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1827 - 346 pages
...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...wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O salvation !... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1827 - 162 pages
...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 souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! oh, Salvation... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...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, 3 Waft, waft, ye winds! his story, And you, ye waters! roll, Till, like a flood of glory, It spreads... | |
 | Poetic gleanings - Children's poetry - 1827 - 182 pages
...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. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high; Shall we, to men benighted, The Lamp of... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ? Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness...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 ? (°°)S(tlvation ! O ••... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Bible - 1828 - 380 pages
...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 souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O ! salvation... | |
 | John Rippon - 1828 - 604 pages
...Though every prospect pleases, THE CHURCH. In Tain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn, ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on highShall we, to men benighted, . The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, oh salvation... | |
 | Collection - 1829 - 628 pages
...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 souls are lighted By wisdom from on high ; Shall we to man benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation ! free salvation... | |
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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... 
