 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Hymns - 1834 - 472 pages
...They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And...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... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Hymns - 1834 - 556 pages
...They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone S Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | 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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life... | |
 | Hymns - 1834 - 294 pages
...They call us to deliver, Their land from error's drain. What, though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And...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 souls are lighted... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 640 pages
...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...Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny?" — HEBBR. BRIGHTLY the summer sun arose upon Lough Gill, flinging- a shower of bright rays over its... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Church missionary society - 614 pages
...cry aloud to those, who have the means, to shed Gospel light on the awful darkness of that land >. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from...high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny. Salvation ! Oh, Salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation ' "WE WAIT FOR THY... | |
 | Arvind Sharma - Religion - 1988 - 236 pages
...Greenland's Icy Mountains," and includes the following verse: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases And only...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 - Religion - 1988 - 236 pages
...Greenland's Icy Mountains," and includes the following verse: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases And only...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 - Religion - 1991 - 360 pages
...Conference Office, 1904, number 770, runs as follows: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...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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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... 
