Historical Religious EventsD.F. Robinson, 1828 - 148 pages |
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... instruct the multitude in the doctrines and precepts of Christianity . The attempts of Peter Waldo and his follow- ers were crowned with great success , -they formed religious assemblies , first in France , then in Lombardy , from ...
... instruct the multitude in the doctrines and precepts of Christianity . The attempts of Peter Waldo and his follow- ers were crowned with great success , -they formed religious assemblies , first in France , then in Lombardy , from ...
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... instruct the people ; they set out as missionaries to convert unbelieving nations . Before the close of the Sixteenth Century , they had obtained the chief direction of the edu- cation of youth in every Catholic country in Eu- rope ...
... instruct the people ; they set out as missionaries to convert unbelieving nations . Before the close of the Sixteenth Century , they had obtained the chief direction of the edu- cation of youth in every Catholic country in Eu- rope ...
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... instruct and civilize these savages ; they taught them to cultivate the ground , build houses , and brought them to live together in villages , & c . They train- ed them to arts and manufactures , and such was their power over them ...
... instruct and civilize these savages ; they taught them to cultivate the ground , build houses , and brought them to live together in villages , & c . They train- ed them to arts and manufactures , and such was their power over them ...
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... instruction of children , par- ticularly of poor parents , whom he maintained and instructed gratuitously , and at his death willed his property to the mission at Tanjore . His success was uncommon . It is said he reck- oned 2000 ...
... instruction of children , par- ticularly of poor parents , whom he maintained and instructed gratuitously , and at his death willed his property to the mission at Tanjore . His success was uncommon . It is said he reck- oned 2000 ...
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... instruction , fulfilling the ancient prediction , " The Isles of the sea shall wait for thy law . " Considerable portions of the Scriptures have been translated , printed , and widely diffused among a people eager to receive them ...
... instruction , fulfilling the ancient prediction , " The Isles of the sea shall wait for thy law . " Considerable portions of the Scriptures have been translated , printed , and widely diffused among a people eager to receive them ...
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Page 85 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 28 - 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...
Page 28 - When all our fathers worshipp'd 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 roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 38 - I can be convinced by clear reasoning, or by proofs taken from the Holy Scriptures, I neither can nor will recant, because it is neither safe nor advisable to do any thing which is against my conscience. Here I stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! Amen!
Page 97 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Page 39 - ... orders of regulars, the members of his society should take a fourth vow of obedience to the pope, binding themselves to go whithersoever he should command for the service of religion, and without requiring any thing from the holy see for their support.