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... Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant - Page 286by American Seamen's Friend Society - 1843 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1834 - 122 pages
...us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What^though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceyion's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted... | |
| James Clarke Franks - Hymns, English - 1834 - 572 pages
...river. Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Geyloii'a is4e> Though every prospect pleases. And only man Is vile!...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strowft; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose soilIS are lighted... | |
| Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Hymns - 1834 - 472 pages
...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 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! O salvation! The... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 pages
...majesty, and might, and praise for evermore." CS THE FAMILY OF GLENCARRA.— No. IV. BY SIDNEY O'MoBE. " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The... | |
| American Tract Society - Hymns, English - 1835 - 224 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many'an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's...vain with lavish kindness, . The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
| Jeremiah N. Reynolds - Science - 1835 - 648 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sands ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's...only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness. The giflt of God are strewn, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3. " Shall we,... | |
| American Sunday-School Union - Hymns, English - 1835 - 346 pages
...their golden sand ; From many on ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Tneir land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes...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... | |
| Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 'What though the spicy breezes .. .1 Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...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... | |
| 1835 - 604 pages
...land from error's chain. 2 What though the spioy 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. 8 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high Shall we, to men benighted The joyful... | |
| Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1835 - 462 pages
...many on ancient From many a palmy plain, . They call us lo deliver Their land from error's chain.. 4H What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
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