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 54
everyconceivable ob-ject, and being,and creature ofthe wild fancy of ^, man. These were made of all man- ANCIENT serpent ,DOL- ner of materials, of all shapes and sizes. The highest conceptions of art were lavished on some of these idols, and at the same time the rudest notions of the most… … 6o 1OLYTIIEISM AND IDOLATRY. Thus we have traced the worship of the world downthrough the ages of antiquity. We have had to rely uponother than merely historic sources of information. Wehave seen the gradual introduction of Polytheism (manygods worship), and of idolatry (the worship of…
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