Oriental Religions and Their Religion to Universal ReligionHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 782 pages |
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Accadian Ahriman Ahura Ahuramazda Alexander ancient Arab Arrian Aryan ascribed Asia Asshur Assyrian Averroës Avesta Babylon Babylonian believed Bundehesh centre century Chaldean Christ Christian civilization cuneiform Cyrus darkness death deity desert Deutsch divine doctrine Dualism earth elements empire eternal ethical evil faith father Firdûsî fire force Fravashis Gesellsch Gnostic gods Greek Haug heaven Hebrew Herodotus heroes heroic honor human Ibid idea ideal immortality instinct Iran Iranian Irenæus Islam Jahveh Jesus Khosrû king Koran legend Lenormant light Mahomet Manichæan Manichæism Mazdean mind Mobads monotheism moral Morgenl Mussulman myth mythology natural noble origin passion Persian philosophy political principle Prophet pure race relations religion religious revelation Rustem Sassanian says Semitic sense soul Spiegel spirit Sprenger strife supreme Sura symbol things thou thought throne tion traditions tribes truth Turanian unity universal Vendidâd whole wisdom word worship Yaçna Zeitschr Zoroaster Zoroastrian
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Page 287 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 299 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 569 - Spread — void of living sight or sound. And here, while the night-winds round me sigh, And the stars burn bright in the midnight sky, As I sit apart by the desert stone, Like Elijah at Horeb's cave, alone, "A still small voice...
Page xix - FATHER, in thy mysterious presence kneeling, Fain would our souls feel all thy kindling love; For we are weak, and need some deep revealing Of trust and strength and calmness from above...
Page 557 - Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds ! the Compassionate, the Merciful ! King on the day of reckoning ! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help. Guide Thou us on the straight path : the path of those to whom Thou hast been gracious : with whom Thou art not angry, and who go not astray.
Page 10 - WISDOM. To some she is the goddess great ; To some the milch cow of the field ; Their care is but to calculate What butter she will yield.
Page 353 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 409 - There can be no power without an army, no army without money, no money without agriculture, and no agriculture without justice.
Page 559 - Surely the future shall be better for thee than the past ; and in the end He shall be bounteous to thee, and thou shalt be satisfied. Did He not find thee an orphan, and give thee a home ; erring, and guided thee ; needy, and enriched thee ? As to the orphan, then, wrong him not ; and chide not away him that asketh of thee, and tell abroad the favours of thy Lord.
Page 549 - Sprenger, i. 78. be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession." " Wouldst thou be taught the steep (path) ? It is to ransom the captive, to feed the hungry, the kindred, the orphan, and him whose mouth is in the dust. Be of those who enjoin steadfastness and compassion on others." " Woe to them that make show of piety, and refuse help to the needy." " Make not your alms void by reproaches or injury." " Forgiveness and kind speech are better than favors with annoyance." ''Abandon usury." "...