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... arms . In the fourth place , he would perfume it with sandal - wood , to make it smell sweetly . In the fifth place , he used to put flowers around it . In the sixth place , he would put betel and arikenut before the god , to chew . The ...
... arms . In the fourth place , he would perfume it with sandal - wood , to make it smell sweetly . In the fifth place , he used to put flowers around it . In the sixth place , he would put betel and arikenut before the god , to chew . The ...
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... arms . With him he brought out all these harmonious atoms which , when separated , produced this beautiful universe which we see above and around us . The universe , as it came from the mundane egg , is generally divided into fourteen ...
... arms . With him he brought out all these harmonious atoms which , when separated , produced this beautiful universe which we see above and around us . The universe , as it came from the mundane egg , is generally divided into fourteen ...
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... towards the pile . She was then commanded to walk three times around it , two of her nearest relatives supporting her by the arms . The first round she accomplish- ed 5 LETTERS TO CHILDREN . 49 The Brahmins who took the lead in this ...
... towards the pile . She was then commanded to walk three times around it , two of her nearest relatives supporting her by the arms . The first round she accomplish- ed 5 LETTERS TO CHILDREN . 49 The Brahmins who took the lead in this ...
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... arms . The first round she accomplish- ed with tottering steps , but in the second her strength forsook her , and she fainted away in the arms of those who were holding her . They were obliged to drag her between them for the third ...
... arms . The first round she accomplish- ed with tottering steps , but in the second her strength forsook her , and she fainted away in the arms of those who were holding her . They were obliged to drag her between them for the third ...
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... child . In order to obtain a blessing , women sometimes put on wet clothes , place an earthen pot full of burn- ing coals upon a cloth on their heads , and , taking a child up in their arms , go and 64 LETTERS TO CHILDREN .
... child . In order to obtain a blessing , women sometimes put on wet clothes , place an earthen pot full of burn- ing coals upon a cloth on their heads , and , taking a child up in their arms , go and 64 LETTERS TO CHILDREN .
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Page 187 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 187 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 25 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 18 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep : If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Page 88 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared • not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Page 153 - God is a spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Page 90 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 33 - Some remain all day with their heads on the ground and their feet in the air, some cram their eyes with mud and their mouths with straw. One man may be seen lying with his...
Page 219 - Rise, touched with gratitude divine — Turn out his enemy and thine, — That soul-destroying monster, sin, And let the heavenly Stranger in. 5. Admit him, ere his anger burn, — His feet departed, ne'er return ; Admit him, or the hour's at hand You'll at his door rejected stand.
Page 70 - O for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak.