Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 144
fashion, for it wasoften carried on secretly. (Isaiah lvii., 8, and Hosea ix., i, 2.)Under Samuel idolatry was formally renounced by theIsraelites. But Solomons foreign wives brought withthem the gods of their own nations. So the gods ofAmmon, Moab and Sidon were openly worshiped; threeof the… … THE AMMONITE FIRE-GOD MOLOCH. I4 IDOLATRY A NATIONAL SIN. follows: The priest stood on a platform in front of theidol, and while the people bowed down and murmuredtheir prayers, he placed in the hands of the idol the sacri-fice, frequently a little babe. By some cruel machinerythe idols hands came…
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