 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...  Hymns for the Church of Christ - עמוד 375נערך על ידי - 1853 - 640 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1835 - 110 דפים
...to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Java's isle, Though every 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. Can we whose souls are lighted... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1835 - 426 דפים
...deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'et Ceylon's isle ; Though every 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... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 דפים
...deliver Their land from error's chain. 'What though the spicy breezes .. .1 Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every 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. •! Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - 1835 - 648 דפים
...prospect pleases, And 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, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny \ Salvation ! oh, salvation... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 דפים
...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... | |
 | Free Will Baptists (1780?-1911) - 1836 - 174 דפים
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile;...joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's name. 4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story; And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1836 - 758 דפים
...deliver Their land from error's chain. p 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile...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 Salvation ! O Salvation... | |
 | Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 דפים
...Mountains," and includes the following verse: 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 strewn, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.69 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
 | Arvind Sharma - 1988 - 236 דפים
...Mountains," and includes the following verse: 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 arc strewn. The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.49 While use of the word "heathen"... | |
 | Wilfred Cantwell Smith - 1991 - 360 דפים
...Office, 1904, number 770, runs as follows: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile;...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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