 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1833 - 684 ページ
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 A^hat, though the spicy breezes, Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | Nancy Towle - 1833 - 298 ページ
...ancient river; From, many a palmy plain; They call us, to deliver. Their land, from error's chain. 2. (What, though, the spicy breezes, Blow, soft, o'er...vain, with lavish kindness, The gifts, of God are slrown; The Heathen, in their blindness, Bow down, to wood and stone.) 3. Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | 1833 - 516 ページ
...land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; Though ey'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with...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... | |
 | 1833 - 574 ページ
...palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain, 2. What though the spicy hreezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect...kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his hlindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
 | Edward Davies (of Kingswinford.) - 1834 - 266 ページ
...From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains .Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call...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... | |
 | 1834 - 122 ページ
...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...to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation, O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learned Messiah's name. Waft,... | |
 | Lowell Mason - 1834 - 582 ページ
...ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. pi I 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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 man benighted The lamp of... | |
 | Thomas Russell - 1834 - 612 ページ
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | 1834 - 320 ページ
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's cham. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1834 - 556 ページ
...an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
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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. 
