History of Priestcraft in All Ages and NationsE. Wilson, 1833 - 260 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... learned men of the present day , had not the Bible been in our posses- sion , to the confident conclusion that mankind had , at first , but one source , and one place of abode ; that their religious opinions had been at that time ...
... learned men of the present day , had not the Bible been in our posses- sion , to the confident conclusion that mankind had , at first , but one source , and one place of abode ; that their religious opinions had been at that time ...
Pagina 21
... learned works of Calmet , Bryant , Faber , and Spencer , De Legibus Ritualibus Hebræorum - sufficiently tes- tify to the common origin of all heathen systems of worship ; and we shall presently find how amply the priests of all ages and ...
... learned works of Calmet , Bryant , Faber , and Spencer , De Legibus Ritualibus Hebræorum - sufficiently tes- tify to the common origin of all heathen systems of worship ; and we shall presently find how amply the priests of all ages and ...
Pagina 38
... learned , in America - Gods , Doctrines , and Practices of the Northern Indians , Mexicans and Peruvians - Dominance of the Priests and Nobles , and Slavery of the People - their bloody Sacrifices and fearful Or- gies , similar to those ...
... learned , in America - Gods , Doctrines , and Practices of the Northern Indians , Mexicans and Peruvians - Dominance of the Priests and Nobles , and Slavery of the People - their bloody Sacrifices and fearful Or- gies , similar to those ...
Pagina 52
... learned men , which nation borrowed its religion from the other . The fact appears to be , that neither borrowed from the other , but that both drew from one common source , a source we have already pointed out - that of the Cuthic ...
... learned men , which nation borrowed its religion from the other . The fact appears to be , that neither borrowed from the other , but that both drew from one common source , a source we have already pointed out - that of the Cuthic ...
Pagina 67
... learned ; and their researches have shown incontest- ably , that the mysteries celebrated in all ages and nations were substantially the same . Whether they were celebrated in Egypt in honour of Isis and Osiris ; in Syria of Baal ; in ...
... learned ; and their researches have shown incontest- ably , that the mysteries celebrated in all ages and nations were substantially the same . Whether they were celebrated in Egypt in honour of Isis and Osiris ; in Syria of Baal ; in ...
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Pagina 139 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Pagina 59 - Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands.
Pagina 101 - where two or three were gathered together in his name, he would be in the midst of them...
Pagina 233 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Pagina 202 - Ah ! (said the Hind) how many sons have you Who call you Mother, whom you never knew ( But most of them who that relation plead Are such ungracious youths as wish you dead. They gape at rich revenues which you hold, And fain would nibble at your grandame Gold; Inquire into your years, and laugh to find Your crazy temper shows you much declined.
Pagina 132 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder ; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.
Pagina 139 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Pagina 219 - The schools of Oxford and Cambridge were founded in a dark age of false and barbarous science ; and they are still tainted with the vices of their origin. Their primitive discipline was adapted to the education of priests and monks; and the government still remains in the hands of the clergy, an order of men whose manners are remote from the present world, and whose eyes are dazzled by the light of philosophy.
Pagina 251 - Contemptuous of all honourable rule, Yet bartering freedom and the poor man's life For gold, as at a market ! The sweet words Of Christian promise, words that even yet Might stem destruction, were they wisely preached, Are muttered o'er by men, whose tones proclaim How flat and wearisome they feel their trade : Bank scoffers some, but most too indolent To deem them falsehoods or to know their truth.
Pagina 105 - ... the statues of the saints were laid on the ground ; and as if the air itself were profaned, and might pollute them by its contact, the priests carefully covered them up, even from their own approach and veneration. The use of...