Christian Researches in Asia: With Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures Into the Oriental LanguagesT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - 310 pages |
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Page 18
... seen , with little comment or obser- vation , it will suffice to give a few extracts from the Journal of his tour through these Pro- vinces . Extracts from the AUTHOR'S JOURNAL in his Tour to the 18 Christian Researches.
... seen , with little comment or obser- vation , it will suffice to give a few extracts from the Journal of his tour through these Pro- vinces . Extracts from the AUTHOR'S JOURNAL in his Tour to the 18 Christian Researches.
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... seen for some days strewed by the At this place we have been joined by several large bodies of pilgrims , perhaps 2000 in number , who have come from various parts of Northern India . Some of them , with whom I have conversed , say ...
... seen for some days strewed by the At this place we have been joined by several large bodies of pilgrims , perhaps 2000 in number , who have come from various parts of Northern India . Some of them , with whom I have conversed , say ...
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... seen Juggernaut . The scene at Buddruck is but the vestibule of Juggernaut . No record of ancient or modern history can give , I think , an adequate idea of this valley of death ; it may be truly compared with the ⚫ valley of Hinnom ...
... seen Juggernaut . The scene at Buddruck is but the vestibule of Juggernaut . No record of ancient or modern history can give , I think , an adequate idea of this valley of death ; it may be truly compared with the ⚫ valley of Hinnom ...
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... seen . ' * The grand Hindoo festival of the Rutt Jattra , takes place on the 18th inst . when the idol is to be brought forth to the people . I reside , during my stay here , at the house of James Hunter , Esq . the Company's collector ...
... seen . ' * The grand Hindoo festival of the Rutt Jattra , takes place on the 18th inst . when the idol is to be brought forth to the people . I reside , during my stay here , at the house of James Hunter , Esq . the Company's collector ...
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... seen practising their various austerities , and modes of self- torture . Persons of both sexes , with little regard to concealment , sit down on the sands close to the town in public view ; and the SACRED BULLS walk about among them and ...
... seen practising their various austerities , and modes of self- torture . Persons of both sexes , with little regard to concealment , sit down on the sands close to the town in public view ; and the SACRED BULLS walk about among them and ...
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Page 220 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 186 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Page 222 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye ^- // my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
Page 296 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Page 216 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 219 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Page 220 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 193 - To reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 247 - Man ; the field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them is the Devil ; the harvest is the end of the \vorld ; and the reapers are the angels.