United States or Yemen ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The Zend-Avesta, translated by J. Darmesteter, i. See id., pp. 9, 181-185, Fargard, i. 18 and 19, xvi. 1-18. Pliny, Nat. Hist. vii. 64 sq., xxviii. 77 sqq. Compare Geoponica, xii. 20. 5 and 25. 2; Columella, De re rustica, xi. 357 sqq.
Not to touch the Earth, pp. 1-18. The priest of Aricia and the Golden Bough, 1 sq.; sacred kings and priests forbidden to touch the ground with their feet, 2-4; certain persons on certain occasions forbidden to touch the ground with their feet, 4-6; sacred persons apparently thought to be charged with a mysterious virtue which will run to waste or explode by contact with the ground, 6 sq.; things as well as persons charged with the mysterious virtue of holiness or taboo and therefore kept from contact with the ground, 7; festival of the wild mango, which is not allowed to touch the earth, 7-11; other sacred objects kept from contact with the ground, 11 sq.; sacred food not allowed to touch the earth, 13 sq.; magical implements and remedies thought to lose their virtue by contact with the ground, 14 sq.; serpents' eggs or snake stones, 15 sq.; medicinal plants, water, etc., not allowed to touch the earth, 17 sq.
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. 1 SAMUEL iv. 1-18. The first words of verse 1 are closely connected with the end of chapter iii., and complete the account of Samuel's inauguration.
So it was by means of this simple remark that I found out that I was really a child of God, and my heart began from that time to cling to God as my Father. Every day since then I have experienced the blessedness of trusting Him and knowing Him as my Father. Is this your happy portion? If not, why not? PORTION OF SCRIPTURE St. John i. 1-18, 29-34. How it thrills us through and through!
They seek most favorable times, and then often go again and again. And shall we who win immortal souls be any less diligent? Memory Verse: "I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." Scripture for Meditation: Luke xv, 3-7; John x, 1-18. What infinite depths of tenderness are revealed in these sweet parables of the Lost Sheep and the Good Shepherd!
Word Of The Day