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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... king , burying them all in a vast grave , unless they entertained the belief that there was a life beyond the grave ? The faith may have been of the crudest form , yet the practice evidenced the belief that those who died , and were ...
... king , burying them all in a vast grave , unless they entertained the belief that there was a life beyond the grave ? The faith may have been of the crudest form , yet the practice evidenced the belief that those who died , and were ...
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... King of glory ? -the Lord , strong and mighty ; the Lord , mighty in battle ; " and again , the same idea appears in verse 10 of the same Psalm ; see also 1 Chron . xvii . 24 , " The Lord of Hosts is the God of Israel . " Indeed , we ...
... King of glory ? -the Lord , strong and mighty ; the Lord , mighty in battle ; " and again , the same idea appears in verse 10 of the same Psalm ; see also 1 Chron . xvii . 24 , " The Lord of Hosts is the God of Israel . " Indeed , we ...
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... king also danced before his god , as David did , to his chaste wife's disgust , and was consecrated and anointed by the high priest with a holy unction as Saul and the son of Jesse were . On one day of the year all the fires in the ...
... king also danced before his god , as David did , to his chaste wife's disgust , and was consecrated and anointed by the high priest with a holy unction as Saul and the son of Jesse were . On one day of the year all the fires in the ...
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... king and nobles , quite irrespective of previous rank , and , when elected , they were inferior only to the sovereign . When reading this , anyone who is familiar with biblical history will bethink him of Luke iii . 3 , “ Annas and ...
... king and nobles , quite irrespective of previous rank , and , when elected , they were inferior only to the sovereign . When reading this , anyone who is familiar with biblical history will bethink him of Luke iii . 3 , “ Annas and ...
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... King Mesha , who offered up his own son in sacrifice , or to the Mexican one , who was contented with the blood of a slave . * * It is doubtful whether any Christian has ever paid real attention to the doctrines which are familiar to ...
... King Mesha , who offered up his own son in sacrifice , or to the Mexican one , who was contented with the blood of a slave . * * It is doubtful whether any Christian has ever paid real attention to the doctrines which are familiar to ...
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