A Narrative of the Establishment and Progress of the Missions to Ceylon and India: Founded by the Late Rev. Thomas Coke, L.L.D., Under the Direction of the Wesleyan-Methodist Conference, Including Notices of Bombay and the Superstitions of Various Religious Sects at that Presidency, and on the Continent of India : with an Introductory Sketch of the Natural, Civil, and Religious History of the Island of Ceylon |
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... leaves very broad , long , and green . When it has once produced fruit , the trunk dies , and a new one springs from the root . The fruit grows from the top of the tree , which bends towards the ground by the weight ; and resembles in ...
... leaves very broad , long , and green . When it has once produced fruit , the trunk dies , and a new one springs from the root . The fruit grows from the top of the tree , which bends towards the ground by the weight ; and resembles in ...
Page xv
... leaves serve as an excellent thatch for the roofs of their dwellings , and are made into a common school book , called olla books . By a simple process they extract the sap , or toddy , from the tree , which is a delicious drink ...
... leaves serve as an excellent thatch for the roofs of their dwellings , and are made into a common school book , called olla books . By a simple process they extract the sap , or toddy , from the tree , which is a delicious drink ...
Page xvi
... leaves all around the top of the stem . The pith of this tree , when dried and granulated , is well known by the name of sago.t The talipot tree , the largest of the palms , is perhaps one of the most remarkable trees in the world . Its ...
... leaves all around the top of the stem . The pith of this tree , when dried and granulated , is well known by the name of sago.t The talipot tree , the largest of the palms , is perhaps one of the most remarkable trees in the world . Its ...
Page xvii
... leaves make their tents to lie under in the night . " * Strange as this account must appear to Europeans , its correctness may be relied on . A small one was presented to me by the Guard Moodeliar of Galle . It is from this leaf that ...
... leaves make their tents to lie under in the night . " * Strange as this account must appear to Europeans , its correctness may be relied on . A small one was presented to me by the Guard Moodeliar of Galle . It is from this leaf that ...
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... leaves resemble the out- line of a heart . The Singhalese pay divine honours to this tree , and make a pavement round it , which they keep con- stantly swept . They place lighted lamps , images , and sacred flowers under it , and bow ...
... leaves resemble the out- line of a heart . The Singhalese pay divine honours to this tree , and make a pavement round it , which they keep con- stantly swept . They place lighted lamps , images , and sacred flowers under it , and bow ...
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Page 56 - The God that rules on high, That all the earth surveys, That rides upon the stormy sky, And calms the roaring seas ; This awful God is ours, Our Father and our Love ; He will send down his heavenly powers, To carry us above.
Page 372 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 10 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 36 - While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness in none ; But, with a God to guide our way, "Tis equal joy to go, or stay.
Page 23 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 334 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 36 - To souls impress' d with sacred Love ! Where'er they dwell, they dwell in Thee ; In heaven, in earth, or on the sea. To me remains nor place, nor time ; My country is in every clime ; I can be calm and free from care On any shore, since God is there.
Page 345 - And the Spirit and the bride say, come. And let him that heareth, say, come. And let him that is athirst, come; and whosoever will, let him come and take of the water of life freely.
Page 174 - ... into the Armenian Language in the fifth century, under very auspicious circumstances, the history of which has come down to us. It has been allowed, by competent judges of the language, to be a most faithful translation. La Croze calls it, " the Queen of Versions."! This bible has ever remained in the possession of the Armenian people ; and many illustrious instances of genuine and enlightened piety occur in their history. The manuscript copies not being sufficient for the demand, a ' council...
Page 174 - The Bible was translated into the Armenian language in the fifth century, under very auspicious circumstances, the history of which has come down to us. It has been allowed by competent judges of the language, to be a most faithful translation. La Croze calls it the