 | Missions - 1821 - 632 pages
...chain. Has learnt Messiah's name! 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 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - Bible - 1814 - 696 pages
...Their land from error'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... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand : From 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 isle; Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile,-— In vain with lavish kindness... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1837 - 668 pages
...the depths of the bottomless pit : 121 " 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... | |
 | Missions - 1823 - 408 pages
...Roll down tbeir golden sand . From nifiny an ancient river, From manv a palmy plain, They call us t» deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's Isle; Though evi'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vilt1 — In vain with lavish kindness... | |
 | 1823 - 594 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From 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 isle, Though ev'ry prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain, with lavish kindness,... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll duwn their golden sand. From 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 isle. Though every prospect pleases. And only man is vile? In vain, with lavish kindness,... | |
 | Missions - 1823 - 610 pages
...fountains Roll down their golden sund; From many an ancient river. From many a palmy plain, They call as to deliver. Their land from error's chain . 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,... | |
 | Missions - 1823 - 600 pages
...Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain. What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile... | |
 | 1824 - 890 pages
...ACric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From 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 isle. Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness... | |
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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... 
