Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 1C. Scribner's sons, 1891 - Folklore |
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Abbé Abraham ancient Aryan nations Avesta Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire believe Brahmans Buddha Buddhist Burnouf called canonical century Ceylon character China Chinese Christ Christianity collection Confucius Dadabhai Naoroji Deity dialects divine doctrine doubt Dyaus earth edition existence expressed faith feel Genesis gods Greek guage Haug heaven Hindus Hiouen-thsang human hymns idea important India Indra inscriptions Jews Kapila king language learned literature living Lord Maruts meaning mind missionaries modern Mohammedan monotheism mythology nature never Nirvâna original Ormuzd Pâli Parsis period Persian philosophy poet polytheism Popol Vuh prayers priests primitive published Quiché race religion religious Renan Rig-veda sacred sacrifice Sanskrit Sassanian scholars seems Semitic Shahnameh Spiegel spirit Stanislas Julien Sûtras thee thou thought tion traditions translation true truth Varuna Veda Vedic whole words worship writings Zend Zend language Zend-Avesta Zoroaster Zoroastrians καὶ
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Page 361 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 355 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended ? who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment ? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Page 305 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 227 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Page 368 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
Page 302 - At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty, I stood firm. "At forty, I had no doubts. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.
Page 362 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 279 - The Catechism of the Shamans; or, the Laws and Regulations of the Priesthood of Buddha, in China.
Page 363 - Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord ; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Page ix - What is now called the Christian religion has existed among the ancients, and was not absent from the beginning of the human race, until Christ came in the flesh; from which time the true religion, which existed already, began to be called Christian.