The Bible in Many TonguesReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 pages |
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... spoken of all languages -Lessons . Who read these books ? -Ancient and modern libraries - The circulating library of Cæsarea - Fenelon's opinion The Fathers- Destruction of early books - Number of manuscripts now existing - Results on ...
... spoken of all languages -Lessons . Who read these books ? -Ancient and modern libraries - The circulating library of Cæsarea - Fenelon's opinion The Fathers- Destruction of early books - Number of manuscripts now existing - Results on ...
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... spoken by many of these tribes would never have been reduced to writing at all . Nor is the influence of the study of the Bible seen in the progress of learning only ; it is seen also in the advancement of general in- telligence and ...
... spoken by many of these tribes would never have been reduced to writing at all . Nor is the influence of the study of the Bible seen in the progress of learning only ; it is seen also in the advancement of general in- telligence and ...
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... spoken , except as a sacred tongue , for nearly two thousand years . The language itself was spoken four thousand years ago ; and the very points , and accents , and divisions we now employ in writing it , were put 32 DECAY OF WELSH ...
... spoken , except as a sacred tongue , for nearly two thousand years . The language itself was spoken four thousand years ago ; and the very points , and accents , and divisions we now employ in writing it , were put 32 DECAY OF WELSH ...
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... oc- cupied by its rival ; and it is not difficult to determine what time will elapse before the Welsh ceases to be a spoken tongue . Such is , in brief , the history of all speech . THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh.
... oc- cupied by its rival ; and it is not difficult to determine what time will elapse before the Welsh ceases to be a spoken tongue . Such is , in brief , the history of all speech . THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh.
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THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh was once spoken through- out Britain . Within the last five or six hun- dred years it was found in Cumberland an .. in Cornwall ; it yielded , however , to the Saxon as elsewhere the Saxon ...
THE GREEK TONGUE . 33 A dialect of the Welsh was once spoken through- out Britain . Within the last five or six hun- dred years it was found in Cumberland an .. in Cornwall ; it yielded , however , to the Saxon as elsewhere the Saxon ...
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Page 11 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 10 - beseeched as brethren by the mercies of God to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service...
Page 82 - We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language.
Page 13 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Page 14 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 169 - Upon this, he put into my hands a copy of the New Testament in Persian. On one of the blank leaves was written — " There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth HENRY MARTYN," Upon looking into the Memoir of Mr.
Page 74 - My Lord the King, we are extremely pressed with many calamities, amongst which there is one that most of all affects us, which is, that the Catholic faith is extremely shaken in this our diocese, and St.
Page 1 - I never wanted articles on religious subjects half so much as articles on common subjects, written with a decidedly Christian tone."— DR.
Page 76 - French tranflation of the Bible, which was found in the tent of king John, king of France, after the battle of Poiftiers.
Page 62 - I think," says the illustrious prelate, "that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, that, in the first ages of the church, the laity read the holy scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that all people read the Bible and Liturgy...