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ancestors anima ascribed belongs Book of Odes Cæsar called Kwei called Shin celestial Chinese Chinese language Chow-le commentator says Confucian Confucius dæmons Deity divinity dynasty Elohim emperor employed Entouri express five five Tes gods Governor of Heaven heaven and earth hills and rivers honoured human hwan hwang Hwang-te idea Imperial Dictionary inferior instances intelligent invisible Jehovah Julius Cæsar k'he Kang-he kaou king Kwei Shins language Le-ke Lexicographer ling Lord and Governor manes metonymy ming Morrison object Papal bull paraphrast passage person phrase quoted reference regard rendered Roman ruler sacrifice Scriptures sect sense of spirit shang Shang-te shew Shin or spirit shing Shoo-king soul sovereign speaking spirit Shin spirits of heaven spiritual energy spoken substance supposed Supreme synonymous t'he T'heen choo Taouists term Theen shin Theen te Theos things translation tsing shin tsze virtue Wăn Wan-wang word Shin word spirit worship writers Yin dynasty yung
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Page 76 - Christians; and they repeated after me an invocation of the gods, and of your image, which for this purpose I had ordered to be brought with the statues of the other deities.
Page 82 - Caesar's, as well as to God the things that are God's. The jealousy of the Divine Being as to the worship paid to any besides himself is purely a doctrine of Scripture: and we co'uld not expect to...
Page 154 - Ac. 17. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 152 - And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Page 85 - Is. ,44: 6 Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first and I am the last ; and besides me there is no God. 8 Is there a God besides me ? Yea, there is no God ; I know not any.
Page 21 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Page 44 - Shins, such as the spirits presiding over the sun, moon, and stars, clouds, wind and rain, are placed on the second story, and are honoured with medium sacrifices. When the sacrifice is to take place, the shrine of...
Page 76 - Christ, none of which things I am told, a real christian can ever be compelled to do. On this account I dismissed them. Others, named by an informer, first affirmed and then denied the charge of christianity, declaring that they had been christians but had ceased to be so, some three years ago, others still longer, some even twenty years ago. All of them worshipped your image, and the statues of the gods, and also execrated Christ...
Page 21 - It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few ; and with the God of heaven it is all one to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company ; For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host, but strength cometh from heaven.
Page 142 - This is all that we learn from them. The Sung school explain the terms with reference to their physical theory of the universe, derived, as they think, from the Yih-klng. Choo He's master, Ch'ing, explains : — " The Ineel-ihin are the energetic operations of Heaven and Earth, and the traces of production and transformation.