Answer to the Abbé́ Dubois: In which Misrepresentations, Etc. in His "Letters on the State of Christianity in India", are Pointed Out and the Evangelization of India is Demonstrated Practicable1824 - Missions - 214 pages |
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... cause for despair ; for who can with truth affirm that he is sure , that even if unadulterated Christianity should be exhibited to the natives of India , God would nevertheless turn away his face , and with- hold 11 The Abbé's objection ...
... cause for despair ; for who can with truth affirm that he is sure , that even if unadulterated Christianity should be exhibited to the natives of India , God would nevertheless turn away his face , and with- hold 11 The Abbé's objection ...
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... cause in which he was engaged as a religious teacher . During that time he has vainly , in his exertions to promote the cause of Christianity , watered the soil of India with his sweats , and many times with his tears , at the sight of ...
... cause in which he was engaged as a religious teacher . During that time he has vainly , in his exertions to promote the cause of Christianity , watered the soil of India with his sweats , and many times with his tears , at the sight of ...
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... cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation ... causing a calf to be killed , and served to them for their fare ? The prejudiced Hindoo will at once judge that both ...
... cause . He thus states his argument : " The naked text of the Bible , exhibited without a long previous preparation ... causing a calf to be killed , and served to them for their fare ? The prejudiced Hindoo will at once judge that both ...
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... causing 22,000 oxen to be slaughtered , and overflowing his new temple with the blood of these sacred victims ? He will cer tainly in perusing accounts , ( in his opinion so horribly sacrilegious , ) shudder , and be seized with the ...
... causing 22,000 oxen to be slaughtered , and overflowing his new temple with the blood of these sacred victims ? He will cer tainly in perusing accounts , ( in his opinion so horribly sacrilegious , ) shudder , and be seized with the ...
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... cause ; and that the saying shall be fulfilled , which was revealed to the Church of God by Isaiah's pen , - " For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven , and returneth not thither , but watereth the earth , and maketh it ...
... cause ; and that the saying shall be fulfilled , which was revealed to the Church of God by Isaiah's pen , - " For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven , and returneth not thither , but watereth the earth , and maketh it ...
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