The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... existence , or in some previous state . He was sent into the world again to expiate them by penances and good works . The duties of his caste are a portion of his penance , and if he performs them faithfully , he will have a certain ...
... existence , or in some previous state . He was sent into the world again to expiate them by penances and good works . The duties of his caste are a portion of his penance , and if he performs them faithfully , he will have a certain ...
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... existence as far back as two hundred and sixty years after our date of the Deluge ; that is , two thou- sand and eighty - eight years before the Christian era . Sir William Jones says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before ...
... existence as far back as two hundred and sixty years after our date of the Deluge ; that is , two thou- sand and eighty - eight years before the Christian era . Sir William Jones says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before ...
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Lydia Maria Child. Vedas as already in existence , and cite numerous passages from them , at almost every page . " The various Hindoo sects all profess to find authority for their doctrines in these Sacred Oracles ; but the Vedas ...
Lydia Maria Child. Vedas as already in existence , and cite numerous passages from them , at almost every page . " The various Hindoo sects all profess to find authority for their doctrines in these Sacred Oracles ; but the Vedas ...
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... existence of God , the origin and destiny of the soul , and other kindred topics . They teach the existence of One Invisible Being , and urge subjugation of the senses , and devout contemplation , as the means of obtaining from above ...
... existence of God , the origin and destiny of the soul , and other kindred topics . They teach the existence of One Invisible Being , and urge subjugation of the senses , and devout contemplation , as the means of obtaining from above ...
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... existence , and the annihi- lation of the world are regulated is The Supreme Soul . The sun and all the luminaries borrow their light from him . " " As a thousand rays emanate from one flame , thus do all souls emanate from The One ...
... existence , and the annihi- lation of the world are regulated is The Supreme Soul . The sun and all the luminaries borrow their light from him . " " As a thousand rays emanate from one flame , thus do all souls emanate from The One ...
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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.