 | Glenn C. Wilcox - 1993 - 366 páginas
...cntuii. 2 What though the spicy broeia Blow soft o'er Ceylon 'a isle. Though every prospect please*, And only man is vile ; In vain, with lavish kindness. The gifts of God ore strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. 3 Shall we, whose souls are... | |
 | Lois R. Kuznets - 1994 - 280 páginas
...wood" (94). She quotes the hymn sung at the missionaries' service, "In vain with lavish kindness I The Gifts of God are strown, / The heathen in his blindness / Bows down to wood and stone, " and comments, "But I felt that this hymn could teach me little after my experiences on the Island."... | |
 | 1994 - 270 páginas
...plain, They call us to de - liv - er Their land from error's chain, pleases, And on - ly man is rile : In vain with lavish kindness, The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in hi« UlmlJSfci, Bow» down to wood and stone. Tv-fc- ' — ^ -fcr _ -if _ _ ' ^-h- _ " >• t> I EU... | |
 | William J. Petersen, Randy Petersen - 1995 - 772 páginas
...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...heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone. Can we, whose souls are lighted By wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?... | |
 | John F. A. Sawyer, John Frederick Adam Sawyer - 1996 - 336 páginas
...peoples of the Third World: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java'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.75 Isaiah's global perspective can... | |
 | Andrew Jon Rotter - 2000 - 372 páginas
...which included this verse: What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases And only man is vile, In vain with...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. After they sang, congregants might contribute a few coins to save starving South Asians.19 Hinduism... | |
 | Gerald Weissmann - 2002 - 312 páginas
...Reginald Heber's Hymn to a March: What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile? In vain with...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. HEBER( 1783- 1826) Another, somewhat less flattering pairing sprang to mind. Ms. Ehrenreich explained... | |
 | Jeffrey Richards - 2001 - 552 páginas
...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...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 deny?... | |
 | Simon Coleman, John Elsner - 2003 - 178 páginas
...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...heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone! (English Hymnal 1933: 709 (no. 547)) 110 Written in 1817 by Reginald Heber (1783-1826), a Shropshire... | |
 | Ian Donnachie, Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - 2003 - 324 páginas
...Their land from error's chain! What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Java's isle, And every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness ^ Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Anglican clergyman, bishop of Calcutta. 2(' One of the oldest missionary... | |
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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... 
