 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1840 - 760 pages
...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. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1840 - 136 pages
...the spicy breezes Blow soft from 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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and atone ! The branches spread wide, and afford a grateful shade... | |
 | 1841 - 586 pages
...spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ? 491 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 By wisdom from on high, Shall we to... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...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. 3 Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we, to... | |
 | 1844 - 586 pages
...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. 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Shall we to... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...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 of God are strown, The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Shall we whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to... | |
 | 1842 - 418 pages
...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 their blindness, Bow down to wood and stone." The frontispiece represents a native priest of Kandy.... | |
 | 1842 - 406 pages
...passed through some very abundant crops of rice ; I thought of Heber's hymn, "In vain, with lavished kindness The gifts of God are strown, The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone." We had a large congregation, hut some brahmins, connected with a temple... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1847 - 670 pages
...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. 8 Shall we, whose souls are lighted ^ With wisdom from on high, — Shall... | |
 | Samuel Worcester, Samuel Melanchthon Worcester, Samuel Melancthon Worcester - 1843 - 296 pages
...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. —3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall... | |
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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... 
