The gifts of God are strown;
The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
The hymn is widely used among German speaking people in the following translation made by Dr. Ch. G. Barth, 1799-1862:
Von Grönlands eis’gen Zinken,
China’s Korallenstrand,—
Wo Ophirs Quellen blinken,
Fortströmend goldnen Sand,—
Von manchem alten Ufer,
Von manchem Palmenland