A reply to the Letters of the abbé Dubois, on the state of Christianity in India1824 |
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... reference to the Holy Scriptures and other religious publications . There may be in- stances of an intolerant spirit among the Brahmins , to prevent their circulation and perusal ; but such is very far from being the general disposition ...
... reference to the Holy Scriptures and other religious publications . There may be in- stances of an intolerant spirit among the Brahmins , to prevent their circulation and perusal ; but such is very far from being the general disposition ...
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... reference to the character or station of another . The Abbé repeatedly asserts , that the " at- tachment of the people of India to their religion and customs is invincible , ” and their " religious prejudices insurmountable : ” ( Ad ...
... reference to the character or station of another . The Abbé repeatedly asserts , that the " at- tachment of the people of India to their religion and customs is invincible , ” and their " religious prejudices insurmountable : ” ( Ad ...
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... reference to them , I do not hesitate to adopt the sentiment of Tully , and say , that it had been as well to have left them to follow the gods of their fathers , as to have con- verted them in such a manner , and to such a + 66 A ...
... reference to them , I do not hesitate to adopt the sentiment of Tully , and say , that it had been as well to have left them to follow the gods of their fathers , as to have con- verted them in such a manner , and to such a + 66 A ...
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... reference to any spe- cific Versions : ( pp . 27–33 . 121 , & c . ) His principal reasons for this conclusion are , because " the Sacred Book contains , in almost every page , accounts which cannot fail deeply to wound their feelings ...
... reference to any spe- cific Versions : ( pp . 27–33 . 121 , & c . ) His principal reasons for this conclusion are , because " the Sacred Book contains , in almost every page , accounts which cannot fail deeply to wound their feelings ...
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... reference to this Jewish Ordi- nance ; the only reply given to all my inquiries being , " It is our custom " -the Hindoos ' general answer to such questions , so little do they know of the origin or signification of their own ...
... reference to this Jewish Ordi- nance ; the only reply given to all my inquiries being , " It is our custom " -the Hindoos ' general answer to such questions , so little do they know of the origin or signification of their own ...
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Page 18 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 265 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 213 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks, on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Page 161 - Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 10 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you : but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Page 188 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 28 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shaU rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 213 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day!
Page 31 - Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.
Page 212 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.