The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... honoured of all their Sacred Books are the Vedas ; a name signifying Laws , or Ordinances , and derived from a root meaning Light , Fire . They be- lieve them to have existed in the mind of Brahma himself , before the creation , and ...
... honoured of all their Sacred Books are the Vedas ; a name signifying Laws , or Ordinances , and derived from a root meaning Light , Fire . They be- lieve them to have existed in the mind of Brahma himself , before the creation , and ...
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... honours these three ; but to him by whom they are dishonoured , all other acts are fruitless . " " Whatever oblations a man actuated by strong faith piously offers , as the sacred laws have directed , become a perpetual unperishable ...
... honours these three ; but to him by whom they are dishonoured , all other acts are fruitless . " " Whatever oblations a man actuated by strong faith piously offers , as the sacred laws have directed , become a perpetual unperishable ...
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... honour to Vishnu , others to Siva , whose adventures are described with the wildest range of imagination . The ancient doctrine of One Invisible God is almost entirely lost sight of . Large portions of them are filled with rules for ...
... honour to Vishnu , others to Siva , whose adventures are described with the wildest range of imagination . The ancient doctrine of One Invisible God is almost entirely lost sight of . Large portions of them are filled with rules for ...
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... honour of Indra , by whose propitiation rain would descend to revive vegetables , and refresh man and beast . He asked whether any rain fell in those places where men did not propitiate Indra ; and he received no answer . He then told ...
... honour of Indra , by whose propitiation rain would descend to revive vegetables , and refresh man and beast . He asked whether any rain fell in those places where men did not propitiate Indra ; and he received no answer . He then told ...
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... honour of it clothed themselves in rose - coloured robes , with chains of pearl and rubies , he wandered forth playing on his flute . The waters stood still to hear him , hungry calves let their mother's milk drop on the ground while ...
... honour of it clothed themselves in rose - coloured robes , with chains of pearl and rubies , he wandered forth playing on his flute . The waters stood still to hear him , hungry calves let their mother's milk drop on the ground while ...
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Page 402 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page ix - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 400 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 419 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 438 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page ix - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 401 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 407 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 406 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Page 440 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.