Our Oriental Missions. ...Hitchcock and Walden, 1870 |
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... worship , which once prevailed all over India , was the original religion of Ceylon , and for thousands of years held the people in thrall- dom . Nor has it ceased . Indeed , from what I saw , I had reason to believe that it has far ...
... worship , which once prevailed all over India , was the original religion of Ceylon , and for thousands of years held the people in thrall- dom . Nor has it ceased . Indeed , from what I saw , I had reason to believe that it has far ...
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... were all men , chiefly young , and dressed in white robes . They sat upon the marble floor during the whole service . Mr. Tagore and two other gentlemen seated themselves in the pulpit , and the worship VOYAGE TO CALCUTTA . 29.
... were all men , chiefly young , and dressed in white robes . They sat upon the marble floor during the whole service . Mr. Tagore and two other gentlemen seated themselves in the pulpit , and the worship VOYAGE TO CALCUTTA . 29.
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Edward Thomson. gentlemen seated themselves in the pulpit , and the worship commenced . It consisted in reading select passages from the Shasters , prayers , chants , and hymns - with instrumental accompaniment— and excogitations from ...
Edward Thomson. gentlemen seated themselves in the pulpit , and the worship commenced . It consisted in reading select passages from the Shasters , prayers , chants , and hymns - with instrumental accompaniment— and excogitations from ...
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... a skeleton , his limbs apparently stiffened , his hair disheveled , his whole person nearly nude , and covered with ashes . And yet he was an object of worship as he stood silent and stupid before us . Passing by A 3 VOYAGE TO CALCUTTA .
... a skeleton , his limbs apparently stiffened , his hair disheveled , his whole person nearly nude , and covered with ashes . And yet he was an object of worship as he stood silent and stupid before us . Passing by A 3 VOYAGE TO CALCUTTA .
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... worshiping the mountains or the stream , I would have forgiven him , but to make his adoration day after day , year after year , to that bit of dirt , was too horrible . At one The worship is a piece of mosaic . temple there stood at ...
... worshiping the mountains or the stream , I would have forgiven him , but to make his adoration day after day , year after year , to that bit of dirt , was too horrible . At one The worship is a piece of mosaic . temple there stood at ...
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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...