 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 páginas
...Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...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... | |
 | 1827 - 452 páginas
...the words written by the pious and highly esteemed prelate. The Missionary Hymn is as follows : — " From Greenland's Icy mountains. From India's coral...vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of Cod are strewn ; The heathen In their blindness Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 páginas
...the depths of the bottomless pit : 121 " What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." When, O when shall these desolate places of the earth, spiritually bud and blossom as the rose? When... | |
 | 1847 - 648 páginas
...weeping heart, of Heber's lines. What ' Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ? What though with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ?...Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.' On my return, I found that the serpent (boa-constrictor) which is worshipped in a house immediately... | |
 | 1823 - 570 páginas
...FnoM Greenland's icy mountains,. From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll duwn their golden sand. From many an ancient river. From...wood and stone* Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high. Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light deny Î Salvation ! Oh Salvation... | |
 | 1823 - 610 páginas
...fountains Roll down their golden sund; From many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call as to deliver. Their land from error's chain . What though...In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strewn; The Heathen in their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we whose sonls are lighted,... | |
 | 1823 - 600 páginas
...Their land from Error's chain. What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with...wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh ! Salvation... | |
 | 1823 - 594 páginas
...land from error's chain. 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. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! oh, Salvation... | |
 | 1824 - 890 páginas
...and prudence may suggest. J. From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where ACric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bowe down to wood and «tone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1822 - 768 páginas
...Their land from Error's chain. What tho' the ipicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with...to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh ! 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. 
