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Page 114
... religion of the Chinese is different in the differ- ent ranks of society . There is no religion of the state . The emperor and the higher mandarins profess the belief of one Supreme Being , Changli , whom they worship by prayer and ...
... religion of the Chinese is different in the differ- ent ranks of society . There is no religion of the state . The emperor and the higher mandarins profess the belief of one Supreme Being , Changli , whom they worship by prayer and ...
Page 137
... religious opinions . Mary was succeeded in 1558 , by her sister Elizabeth , a protestant , the more zealous from an abhorrence of the character of her predecessor . In her reign , the religion of England became stationary . The ...
... religious opinions . Mary was succeeded in 1558 , by her sister Elizabeth , a protestant , the more zealous from an abhorrence of the character of her predecessor . In her reign , the religion of England became stationary . The ...
Page 245
... religion of Mr. Williams was more conforma- ble to the precepts of Jesus Christ than that of his perse- cutors . 7. But if , from a view of these unhappy divisions , it should be supposed Mr. Williams exercised more of the Christian ...
... religion of Mr. Williams was more conforma- ble to the precepts of Jesus Christ than that of his perse- cutors . 7. But if , from a view of these unhappy divisions , it should be supposed Mr. Williams exercised more of the Christian ...
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