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... Happy Voices: New Hymns and Tunes - Página 86por American Tract Society - 1865 - 176 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1799 - 224 páginas
...as such it was felt by the poet who penned these lines : — JEREMIAH MOURNING THE DEATH OF JOSIAH. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! 0 salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, , Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name.... | |
| 1821 - 632 páginas
...golden sand ; From many an ancient river, Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on higli, Shall we to men benighted The Lamp of Life deny ? Salvation! oh, Salvation! From many a palmy plain; The joyful sound proclaim, They call us to deliver | Till each"reniotest nation... | |
| Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 páginas
...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 lavish kindness The gifts of God...high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth s remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 páginas
...though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's islef Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God...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
...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...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 light... | |
| 1823 - 594 páginas
...though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts of...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 life... | |
| 1823 - 600 páginas
...What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God...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 life... | |
| Asahel Nettleton - 1824 - 498 páginas
...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 lavish kindness ' The gifts of...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! O Salvation.! The joyful sound proclaim, Till earth's remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's name.... | |
| 1822 - 768 páginas
...What tho' the ipicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God...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 life... | |
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