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... earth . Turramûlan is mediator in all operations of Bhaiami upon man , and in all man's transactions with Bhaiami . Turramûlan means " leg on one side only , " " one - legged . " " 6 6 This description is given by the Rev. C. Greenway ...
... earth . Turramûlan is mediator in all operations of Bhaiami upon man , and in all man's transactions with Bhaiami . Turramûlan means " leg on one side only , " " one - legged . " " 6 6 This description is given by the Rev. C. Greenway ...
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... earth's remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name . Waft , waft , ye winds , his story ; And you , ye waters , roll ; Till , like a sea of glory , It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransom'd nature , The Lamb for sinners slain ...
... earth's remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name . Waft , waft , ye winds , his story ; And you , ye waters , roll ; Till , like a sea of glory , It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransom'd nature , The Lamb for sinners slain ...
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... earth To God their cheerful voices raise ; Glad homage pay with awful mirth , And sing before him songs of praise . Convinced that He is God alone , From Whom both we and all proceed ; We whom He chooses for His own , The flock that He ...
... earth To God their cheerful voices raise ; Glad homage pay with awful mirth , And sing before him songs of praise . Convinced that He is God alone , From Whom both we and all proceed ; We whom He chooses for His own , The flock that He ...
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... earth , by letting the light that is within him shine before the world . But now let us look at the other cluster of reli- gions at Buddhism , Mohammedanism , and Chris- tianity . However they may differ from each other in some of their ...
... earth , by letting the light that is within him shine before the world . But now let us look at the other cluster of reli- gions at Buddhism , Mohammedanism , and Chris- tianity . However they may differ from each other in some of their ...
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... earth . But though the religion of the Parsis and Jews might justly seem to have paid the penalty of their anti - missionary spirit , how , it will be said , can the same be maintained with regard to the religion of the Brahmans ? That ...
... earth . But though the religion of the Parsis and Jews might justly seem to have paid the penalty of their anti - missionary spirit , how , it will be said , can the same be maintained with regard to the religion of the Brahmans ? That ...
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Page 415 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 422 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Page 414 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 33 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
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Page 408 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended ? who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment ? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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