Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Volume 14Vepery mission Press., 1847 |
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Page 116 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 113 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 144 - And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me.
Page 114 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 113 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Page 144 - Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.
Page 100 - The area in the centre of the grove was encompassed with several rows of large oaks set very closely together. Within this large circle were several smaller ones surrounded with large stones ; and near the centre of these smaller circles were stones of a prodigious size and convenient height, on which the victims were slain and offered. Each of these being a kind of altar, was surrounded with another row of stones, the use of which cannot now be known unless they were intended as cinctures to keep...
Page 82 - They say that Latona was born here, and therefore that they worship Apollo above all other gods ; and because they are daily saying songs in praise of this god, and ascribing to him the highest honours, they say that these inhabitants demean themselves as if they were Apollo's priests, who has there a stately grove, and renowned temple of a round form, beautified with many rich gifts.
Page 100 - The consecrated groves in which they performed their religious rites were fenced round with stones to prevent any persons entering between the trees except through the passages left open for that purpose, and which were guarded by some inferior Druids, to prevent any stranger from intruding into their mysteries. ' These groves were of different forms ; some quite circular, others oblong, and more or less capacious, as the votaries in the districts to which they belonged were more or less numerous.
Page 96 - They do not sacrifice, or offer incense, or make any oblations to it, significant of its having, in their estimation, any latent or mystic properties. To each Teriri is attached a herd of milch buffaloes, part of which are sacred, and from which the milk is never drawn, the whole being allowed to go to the calves. One among these sacred animals is the chief. Should it die, its calf, if a female one, succeeds to its office.