Ancient Faiths and Modern: A Dissertation Upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist |
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... is true , that the art and skill of the physician or surgeon can relieve pain , avert danger from accidents , and ward off death for a time ; but , in the generality of cases , doctors are powerless . It is the business of such.
... is true , that the art and skill of the physician or surgeon can relieve pain , avert danger from accidents , and ward off death for a time ; but , in the generality of cases , doctors are powerless . It is the business of such.
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... death to pry ! cure . With the idea which was gradually forced upon my mind , that there was a systematic suppression of the truth in the pulpit , I very carefully searched the Bible , with which I have been familiar from infancy , and ...
... death to pry ! cure . With the idea which was gradually forced upon my mind , that there was a systematic suppression of the truth in the pulpit , I very carefully searched the Bible , with which I have been familiar from infancy , and ...
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... death . Asoka a royal convert . Buddhist missionaries , B. C. 307. Their wonderful suc- cesses . Different development of Buddhism and Christianity . Persecution a Christian practice . Buddha tempted by the Devil , and by women , like ...
... death . Asoka a royal convert . Buddhist missionaries , B. C. 307. Their wonderful suc- cesses . Different development of Buddhism and Christianity . Persecution a Christian practice . Buddha tempted by the Devil , and by women , like ...
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... death . The Greek theology . The Greeks taught the Jews . The Jews never taught other nations . Greeks had a supreme god and a host of inferior deities . War in Heaven . Titans - giants . Children of the sons of God and daughters of men ...
... death . The Greek theology . The Greeks taught the Jews . The Jews never taught other nations . Greeks had a supreme god and a host of inferior deities . War in Heaven . Titans - giants . Children of the sons of God and daughters of men ...
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... death , to the days when their own Christian successors racked , roasted , and tormented their opponents , with a malignancy and cruelty as great as that which they themselves had execrated when practised upon their predecessors . From ...
... death , to the days when their own Christian successors racked , roasted , and tormented their opponents , with a malignancy and cruelty as great as that which they themselves had execrated when practised upon their predecessors . From ...
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