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 212
e people living inCentral Asia, being a sim-ple race, addressed their)prayers to the powers ofnature, as, for example, tothe storms, the clouds andthe sun, seeing the Deityin each of these. Hymnswere written to these orodsand this forms the earliest of all sacred books, only ex-cepting those from… … ANCIENT HINDU IDOL. 212 THE GODS OF HINDUISM. were prepared. Great commentaries were written onthese books, and all were declared to be inspired. The priests quarreled with the civil chiefs, but theirsacred character was increased by the conflict, and casteis the result. The priests are the highest…
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