A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: With Notices of the MuhammedansAllen, Morrill & Wardell, 1843 - 512 páginas |
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... live on the plain , at a period not definitely known , but about five or six hun- dred years ago . It is quite probable that the Nestorians were en- tirely swept away from this province , for a season , during the de- vastations of ...
... live on the plain , at a period not definitely known , but about five or six hun- dred years ago . It is quite probable that the Nestorians were en- tirely swept away from this province , for a season , during the de- vastations of ...
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... live , while they are dead . mon . We may and should , however , in the spirit of charity , make ex- ceptions to this dark picture . There are ecclesiastics in our employ and probably other individuals , both among the clergy and the ...
... live , while they are dead . mon . We may and should , however , in the spirit of charity , make ex- ceptions to this dark picture . There are ecclesiastics in our employ and probably other individuals , both among the clergy and the ...
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... lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ . ' But " That religious instruction is needed by the Nestorians , this and the preceding letter will have sufficiently convinced you . How it would be received by them , experiment alone can ...
... lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ . ' But " That religious instruction is needed by the Nestorians , this and the preceding letter will have sufficiently convinced you . How it would be received by them , experiment alone can ...
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... live until three hundred years after Christ , " and so on . He had obviously caught a few floating infidel objections , and without stopping to canvass their validity , used them as a quietus to his conscience . It is still true that ...
... live until three hundred years after Christ , " and so on . He had obviously caught a few floating infidel objections , and without stopping to canvass their validity , used them as a quietus to his conscience . It is still true that ...
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... lives . Feb. 16. About midnight , we were surprised by another fire . It was at Tóp hâna , some distance from us , but the wind was strong , and in a direction to bring it directly to our dwelling . Mr. Goodell , Mrs. Perkins and myself ...
... lives . Feb. 16. About midnight , we were surprised by another fire . It was at Tóp hâna , some distance from us , but the wind was strong , and in a direction to bring it directly to our dwelling . Mr. Goodell , Mrs. Perkins and myself ...
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Página 168 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Página 457 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Página 102 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Página 367 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Página 352 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Página 342 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Página 268 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that, when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Página 501 - For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers...
Página 164 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Página 346 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.