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. A Collection of Hymnspor Thomas Russell - 1834Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Poetic gleanings - 1827 - 182 páginas
...buds unheeded rise ; The Rose has but a summer reign, The DAISY never dies. MISSIONARY HYMN. BY HEBER. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a sunny plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from Error's chain. What, though the spicy breezes... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 páginas
...and far the stormy chorus spread— " Shout, Israel! for the'Lord hath triumphed !" MISSIONARY HYMN. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a balmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow... | |
| 1827 - 590 páginas
...GOSPEL. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Eoll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river,...They 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... | |
| 1827 - 616 páginas
...From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afrio's sunny fountains Roll dowa their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From...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... | |
| 1828 - 198 páginas
...span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. CAMPBELL. MISSIONARY HYMN. 1 From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...error's chain. 2 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,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 páginas
...duty bids me give, My cheerful hands resign. 4 Yet, if I might make some reserve, 13. Missionary Hymn. 1 From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...deliver •• Their land from error's chain. 2 What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Tho' every prospect pleases, And only man is vile... | |
| Reginald Heber - 1828 - 340 páginas
...TO BE SUNG ON OCCASION OF HIS PREACHING A SERMON FOR THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, IN APRIL, 1820. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...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... | |
| 1828 - 580 páginas
...must miert the following, before a Collection made for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel : From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...They 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... | |
| Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 138 páginas
...Thy patience too. F 4 BEFORE A COLLECTION MADE FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. RH FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral...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... | |
| 1828 - 134 páginas
...Amen. Hymn 91. PM T7MIOM Greenland's icy mountains, .•- From India's coral strand, Where A (Vic's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From...call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Shall we to men benighted The lamp of light... | |
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