 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830 - 204 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 210 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 200 pages
...many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...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... | |
 | Bible - 1830 - 458 pages
...many 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...gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bbws down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to... | |
 | Nancy Towle - Evangelists - 1832 - 332 pages
...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...kindness, The gifts, of God are strown; The Heathen, in their blindness, Bow, down, to wood and stone.) 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted, By wisdom, from... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1832 - 154 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain ! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java'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... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester) - 1832 - 166 pages
...many 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...In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn : " The Heathen in his blindness 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high,... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...plain They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy hreezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And...In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are shewn, The Heathen in his hlindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With... | |
 | Bible - 1833 - 576 pages
...many 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...souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny 1 Salvation ! O salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1833 - 548 pages
...many au ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They rail us to deliver Their land from error's chain, 2. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's...wood and stone. 3. Shall we, whose souls are lighted \Vith wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation! О 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... 
