 | 1799 - 224 pagina’s
...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 on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! 0 salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, , Till each remotest nation Has learned... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 pagina’s
...chain. 2 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 are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 pagina’s
...What 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 are strown, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." When, O when shall these desolate... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pagina’s
...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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone. Shall we whose sonls are lighted, By wisdom from on high,... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pagina’s
...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* Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1823 - 594 pagina’s
...What, 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 God are strown; The Heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1823 - 600 pagina’s
...chain. 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 are strown : The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted... | |
 | 1824 - 724 pagina’s
...What, though the spicy breezes Blow soft on Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high ; Shall we to man benighted. The lamp of... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pagina’s
...though the spicy breezes Blow (soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man it 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... | |
 | John West - 1824 - 242 pagina’s
...missions, in language of the same import as the call of Macedonia, — " We want to know the grand God." " Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? Salvation ! oh, salvation ! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learn'd... | |
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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 strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. 
