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... supposed that more than a million of people go every year to worship it . Some of these measure the whole distance of their journey with their bodies lying on the ground , as a carpenter lays his rule on a board , over and over again ...
... supposed that more than a million of people go every year to worship it . Some of these measure the whole distance of their journey with their bodies lying on the ground , as a carpenter lays his rule on a board , over and over again ...
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... in their play injure his image . They tell them that death will be the consequence , if they touch it . When children are seized with the disease called epilepsy , it is supposed that this god seizes 62 LETTERS TO CHILDREN .
... in their play injure his image . They tell them that death will be the consequence , if they touch it . When children are seized with the disease called epilepsy , it is supposed that this god seizes 62 LETTERS TO CHILDREN .
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... supposed that this god seizes them , and throws them into a state of frenzy , until they foam at the mouth . The mother asks the supposed evil spirit his name , who answers through the child : “ I am the five - faced god . Your child ...
... supposed that this god seizes them , and throws them into a state of frenzy , until they foam at the mouth . The mother asks the supposed evil spirit his name , who answers through the child : “ I am the five - faced god . Your child ...
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... supposed evil planet , are often filled with melancholy . Some abandon them- selves to despair , careless as to what may hap- pen to them . At the great festivals a small offering is presented to all the planets at once . On other ...
... supposed evil planet , are often filled with melancholy . Some abandon them- selves to despair , careless as to what may hap- pen to them . At the great festivals a small offering is presented to all the planets at once . On other ...
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... , and has four arms . the Hindoos dread the supposed bad influence of this god , and perform a number of cere- monies to appease him . Many stories are told of him , such as that of burning off the 68 LETTERS TO CHILDREN .
... , and has four arms . the Hindoos dread the supposed bad influence of this god , and perform a number of cere- monies to appease him . Many stories are told of him , such as that of burning off the 68 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.