Missions in South IndiaDalton, 1854 - 191 pages |
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Page 4
... evil , and the awakening of a con- science long dimmed by ignorance and vice - ALL attest the spread of purer knowledge and a loosening of the bonds which bind the people to their wretched ancestral faith . On the other hand , the ...
... evil , and the awakening of a con- science long dimmed by ignorance and vice - ALL attest the spread of purer knowledge and a loosening of the bonds which bind the people to their wretched ancestral faith . On the other hand , the ...
Page 22
... evil which may happen to him is superstitiously believed to revert to the person who refuses , such a proceeding is much dreaded . It is called sitting in dherna . When Mr. Campbell wished to get ground for his catechist's house in a ...
... evil which may happen to him is superstitiously believed to revert to the person who refuses , such a proceeding is much dreaded . It is called sitting in dherna . When Mr. Campbell wished to get ground for his catechist's house in a ...
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... evil connected with the perpe- tual widowhood of the Hindu females . Thousands of young girls who have lost their husbands have their heads shaven and are doomed to perpetual degradation . The consequences of their ill - treatment are ...
... evil connected with the perpe- tual widowhood of the Hindu females . Thousands of young girls who have lost their husbands have their heads shaven and are doomed to perpetual degradation . The consequences of their ill - treatment are ...
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... evil , was answered by the following story : A cer- tain butcher bought a cow , tied her by a rope , and was about to bring her home , when on a sudden she broke loose and ran away . In running after her he met a man , who in his whole ...
... evil , was answered by the following story : A cer- tain butcher bought a cow , tied her by a rope , and was about to bring her home , when on a sudden she broke loose and ran away . In running after her he met a man , who in his whole ...
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... evil spirits and bad men , punish those who hurt them and can even be intreated to torment and kill their enemies . For this reason the demons which are supposed to have taken up their abode in a house , are called together every ...
... evil spirits and bad men , punish those who hurt them and can even be intreated to torment and kill their enemies . For this reason the demons which are supposed to have taken up their abode in a house , are called together every ...
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agency amongst Badagas baptized Basle Bellary Bengal Bible Boad boarding schools boys brahmins brethren Calcutta Canarese Canarese mission Cape Comorin Capt caste catechists Catholic character chief Chinna Kimedy Christ church coast congregations contains converts Cuddapah demons devils Dharwar districts doctrine efforts endeavoured especially established European evil extensive ghauts girls Goomsur gospel Government greatly heathen hills Hindu Hinduism hundred idolatry idols influence instruction intercourse Jesuit Khonds labours land language large number Lingaits London Missionary London Missionary Society Lord Madras maintained Máleálim Máliás Mangalore merias miles Missionary Society Musalman Mysore Nagercoil native christians occupy Orissa Oriya Paria plains population possess preaching present priests province Raja received religion religious residence rite rupees sacrifice Shánárs shew sionaries South India spread stations Sudras Syrian Tamil Tanjore Telugu temple things thousand Tinnevelly tion town tracts Tranquebar Travancore tribes Trichinopoly truth Vepery village visited Vizagapatam whole worship