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... leaves , which they gladly received as relics , or something of bless- ed influence . During the whole procession , which was very long , her countenance was serene and even cheerful , until they came to the pile on which she was to die ...
... leaves , which they gladly received as relics , or something of bless- ed influence . During the whole procession , which was very long , her countenance was serene and even cheerful , until they came to the pile on which she was to die ...
Page 71
... leaf , and puts it down on a mat before him . She then bails out the rice , places it upon the leaf , and after- wards pours the curry over it . This being done , the husband proceeds to mix up the curry and rice with his hands and puts ...
... leaf , and puts it down on a mat before him . She then bails out the rice , places it upon the leaf , and after- wards pours the curry over it . This being done , the husband proceeds to mix up the curry and rice with his hands and puts ...
Page 72
... leaf . Why they use paakkee , I do not know . It is a nut which they cut into small pieces , but it has not much taste . Sometimes the wife brings her husband a segar . This people , I am sorry to say , are great smokers and chewers ...
... leaf . Why they use paakkee , I do not know . It is a nut which they cut into small pieces , but it has not much taste . Sometimes the wife brings her husband a segar . This people , I am sorry to say , are great smokers and chewers ...
Page 73
... leaf . This leaf is sometimes six feet long , and in some places a foot and a half wide . It is an un- broken leaf , with a large stem running through the middle of it . It is the handsomest leaf I ever saw . Pieces enough can be torn ...
... leaf . This leaf is sometimes six feet long , and in some places a foot and a half wide . It is an un- broken leaf , with a large stem running through the middle of it . It is the handsomest leaf I ever saw . Pieces enough can be torn ...
Page 98
... leaves , in front of the house . This is superbly adorned . The married women then come for- ward , and perform the ceremony called arati , which is as follows : Upon a plate of copper they place a lamp made of a paste from rice- flour ...
... leaves , in front of the house . This is superbly adorned . The married women then come for- ward , and perform the ceremony called arati , which is as follows : Upon a plate of copper they place a lamp made of a paste from rice- flour ...
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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.