British India in Its Relation to the Decline of Hindooism, and the Progress of ChristianityJ. Snow, 1839 - 506 pages |
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... suffer the penalty of the law , as well as the poorest Pariah in the land . Similar cases have occurred in other parts of India , and have been attended with similar effects . The delusion has been dispelled from the minds of the people ...
... suffer the penalty of the law , as well as the poorest Pariah in the land . Similar cases have occurred in other parts of India , and have been attended with similar effects . The delusion has been dispelled from the minds of the people ...
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... suffered the Bramins to offer up their human sacrifices , that commanded the helpless female to mount the funeral pile , that encouraged the devotee to throw himself under the wheels of Juggernaut , patronized the Thugs in their ...
... suffered the Bramins to offer up their human sacrifices , that commanded the helpless female to mount the funeral pile , that encouraged the devotee to throw himself under the wheels of Juggernaut , patronized the Thugs in their ...
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... heroes are ad- vancing to attack an enemy whose villanies are so diabolical , and an empire whose inhabitants suffer such wrongs from the from the powers of darkness . CHAPTER VI . EFFECTS OF IDOLATRY . THE GENERAL EFFECTS.
... heroes are ad- vancing to attack an enemy whose villanies are so diabolical , and an empire whose inhabitants suffer such wrongs from the from the powers of darkness . CHAPTER VI . EFFECTS OF IDOLATRY . THE GENERAL EFFECTS.
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... suffered to walk by the side of her husband ; she must come up behind him , bearing the burden , as well as the heat of the day . Every step is to her a step of degradation . Her very sex has disqualified her for giving her testimony in ...
... suffered to walk by the side of her husband ; she must come up behind him , bearing the burden , as well as the heat of the day . Every step is to her a step of degradation . Her very sex has disqualified her for giving her testimony in ...
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... suffer them to give their daughters in marriage to those whom they regard as inferior in rank to themselves . But no ; it is the system- it is this accursed system which has established this caste - it is this caste which generates this ...
... suffer them to give their daughters in marriage to those whom they regard as inferior in rank to themselves . But no ; it is the system- it is this accursed system which has established this caste - it is this caste which generates this ...
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Page 512 - Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 135 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are 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, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live, are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 287 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 36 - The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Page 575 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 23 - Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 439 - But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father...
Page 582 - If obedience to the will of God be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how he that withholds this knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself.
Page 582 - Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity and as no Man is good but as he wishes the good of others no man can be good in the highest degree who wishes not to others the largest measure of the greatest good.
Page 409 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.