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 285
ast betweenthe offered salvationof JesusChrist and the sought sal-vation by penances taughtby this heathen faith, moststriking. The British gov-ernment has now forbiddenaltogether many of thesecruel performances, and has limited others. But earnestmissionary work has done more than anything else… … FAKIR HANGING TO A LIMB. HINDU TEMPLES, IDOLS AND WORSHIP. 285 Three or four years ago when we went into Satara,we used to see, sitting in the veranda of his house, anold man covered with rags and surrounded with filth.Sometimes we would see him on the street, with ragsinnumerable upon his person.…
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