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... favours she enjoys . No one who believes in the divine inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures will question the truth of this sentiment it is , in part at least , for its enforcement that the present B 2 THE LAND OF THE VEDA . 3.
... favours she enjoys . No one who believes in the divine inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures will question the truth of this sentiment it is , in part at least , for its enforcement that the present B 2 THE LAND OF THE VEDA . 3.
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... Divine Providence , in placing in her hands such a power as that which Britain now possesses in India , has designs beyond those which political rule and commercial prosperity confer . True it is that England derives from her connexion ...
... Divine Providence , in placing in her hands such a power as that which Britain now possesses in India , has designs beyond those which political rule and commercial prosperity confer . True it is that England derives from her connexion ...
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... divine origin , but because , as a fundamental principle of Hindu polity , it exercises the most baneful influence on the people of India , and more than any other operates as a barrier to the spread of Chris- tianity among them . Caste ...
... divine origin , but because , as a fundamental principle of Hindu polity , it exercises the most baneful influence on the people of India , and more than any other operates as a barrier to the spread of Chris- tianity among them . Caste ...
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... divine origin . The four classes are said to have sprung respectively from the head , the shoulder , the breast , and the feet of Brahma . In the Bhagava Gita , Krishna is made to say , " Mankind was created by me of four kinds ...
... divine origin . The four classes are said to have sprung respectively from the head , the shoulder , the breast , and the feet of Brahma . In the Bhagava Gita , Krishna is made to say , " Mankind was created by me of four kinds ...
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... divine honours . They assumed more than the sovereign pontiff of the Romish Church , who , as a royal priest , holds the keys of heaven and earth by election and appointment . The Brahman assumes , as the offspring of Brahma's mouth ...
... divine honours . They assumed more than the sovereign pontiff of the Romish Church , who , as a royal priest , holds the keys of heaven and earth by election and appointment . The Brahman assumes , as the offspring of Brahma's mouth ...
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Aborigines ancient appear attained beautiful Bengal Bishop Boora Brahmans Budha Calcutta called ceremonies Ceylon chaplain character Christ Christian Christianity in India Church Missionary Society civil connected connexion deity demon distinguished divine doctrines earth English eternal European evil existence faith favour festivals goddess gods Gospel heathen heaven Hindu female Hinduism holy honour human India and Ceylon influence institution Jesuits Khonds knowledge labours language literature Madras Mahabharat ment mind Mission missionaries moral nations native nature numerous object observed occasion origin Pantheism peculiar Pennu period person Portuguese possessed practice present priest principle promote provinces Ramayana Ravana reference regard relation religion religious remarkable respect rites sacred sacrifice Sanscrit says seen sentiments Shánárs shrine Siva Society soul spirit Sudra superstition Supreme Tamil Tamil language Tari temples things tion Tranquebar tribes truth various Vedas veneration victim village Vishnu whilst worship writers Yudhisthira
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Page 492 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Page 493 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 508 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand 'fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 413 - Well done, good and faithful servants, " enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Page 37 - So much of any law or usage now in force within the territories subject to the government of the East India Company as inflicts on any person forfeiture of rights or property, or may be held in any way to impair 500 or affect any right of inheritance, by reason of his or her renouncing, or having been excluded from the communion of any religion, or being deprived of caste...
Page 446 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 492 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 54 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...
Page 492 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 474 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.