Our Oriental Missions. ...Hitchcock and Walden, 1870 |
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... leaving the Gulf of Suez we see but little of the shore , but wherever we do catch a glimpse of it it is mountainous . Leaving Aden we are soon in the Straits of Babelmandeb . This is divided into two chan- nels by the Island of Perim ...
... leaving the Gulf of Suez we see but little of the shore , but wherever we do catch a glimpse of it it is mountainous . Leaving Aden we are soon in the Straits of Babelmandeb . This is divided into two chan- nels by the Island of Perim ...
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... leaving them high and dry among the trees . One steamer was carried inland far- ther than a telegraph station , and others were cast into gardens , on the tops of piers , and on the public roads . Had the water risen six feet higher the ...
... leaving them high and dry among the trees . One steamer was carried inland far- ther than a telegraph station , and others were cast into gardens , on the tops of piers , and on the public roads . Had the water risen six feet higher the ...
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... leaving Benares we employ coolies to bear our baggage to the station . Dr. Butler settled , but the bearers were not satisfied . An old woman of the company pursued him . Why , " said he , “ I have given you the wages of a day for a few ...
... leaving Benares we employ coolies to bear our baggage to the station . Dr. Butler settled , but the bearers were not satisfied . An old woman of the company pursued him . Why , " said he , “ I have given you the wages of a day for a few ...
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... Leaving the railway at this celebrated city at II o'clock , P. M. , we started by horse ghary to Meerut . As the traveling in Hindostan , in consequence of the heat , is by night , the con- veyances afford facilities for sleeping . On ...
... Leaving the railway at this celebrated city at II o'clock , P. M. , we started by horse ghary to Meerut . As the traveling in Hindostan , in consequence of the heat , is by night , the con- veyances afford facilities for sleeping . On ...
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... leaving I delivered a discourse - Mr . H. interpreting and administered baptism to four persons , and the sacrament of the Lord's - Sup- per to thirteen natives and some others . While seated in the parlor one day I could but con ...
... leaving I delivered a discourse - Mr . H. interpreting and administered baptism to four persons , and the sacrament of the Lord's - Sup- per to thirteen natives and some others . While seated in the parlor one day I could but con ...
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Page 119 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 136 - ... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Page 142 - Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and. to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy ; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Page 32 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die: for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
Page 129 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter; when they come to model heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame! how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 28 - I am owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, Of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.
Page 33 - Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 119 - Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace ; and, God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy : As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enow besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.
Page 124 - That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred Hill — Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Page 32 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathingplaces along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable...