Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 páginas |
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... ideas were exhibited with great clearness , and in a manner peculiarly convincing . If the important truths , which he utter- ed , did not always reach the hearts of his hearers , yet , like the great apostle of the Gentiles , he ...
... ideas were exhibited with great clearness , and in a manner peculiarly convincing . If the important truths , which he utter- ed , did not always reach the hearts of his hearers , yet , like the great apostle of the Gentiles , he ...
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... ideas they have of the moral character of these gods , may be con- jectured from the following fact . " They say , that these di- vine personages quarrelled and fought ; that , during the bat tle , the earth trembled , and the stars ...
... ideas they have of the moral character of these gods , may be con- jectured from the following fact . " They say , that these di- vine personages quarrelled and fought ; that , during the bat tle , the earth trembled , and the stars ...
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... ideas of God or religion . This has been recently confirmed by Mr. Kicherer , who resided , as missionary , among the Boschemen . " They have , " says he , " no idea of the Supreme Being ; consequently they practise no kind of worship ...
... ideas of God or religion . This has been recently confirmed by Mr. Kicherer , who resided , as missionary , among the Boschemen . " They have , " says he , " no idea of the Supreme Being ; consequently they practise no kind of worship ...
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... idea that the soul survives the body . In Otaheite , they have nu- merous gods , each family having a guardian spirit , whom they worship . " The religion of the ancient Mexicans seems to have been founded chiefly on fear ; the temples ...
... idea that the soul survives the body . In Otaheite , they have nu- merous gods , each family having a guardian spirit , whom they worship . " The religion of the ancient Mexicans seems to have been founded chiefly on fear ; the temples ...
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... idea of their temples , and idols ; and , if it were , no purpose could be answered by it , but the excitement of painful and abominable emotions . " Priest . Ins . of Mos . 227 . Every pagoda , we are told , have a certain number of ...
... idea of their temples , and idols ; and , if it were , no purpose could be answered by it , but the excitement of painful and abominable emotions . " Priest . Ins . of Mos . 227 . Every pagoda , we are told , have a certain number of ...
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