 | William Smith - 1863 - 1002 Seiten
...privileged races and national religions, and familiarizing men with the truth that •• <lod hath made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth" (Acts xvii. 24, 26). But still more striking than this outward preparation for the diffusion of the... | |
 | George Venables - 1871 - 172 Seiten
...again for me, even Jesus, my Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. O God, who hast made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth, behold I pray Thee . . . , and . . . , and . . . , my friends and nay kinsmen according to the flesh.... | |
 | 1873 - 776 Seiten
...grasshoppers as a sign that they were aborigines of a special breed, whom the Apostle told that ' God had made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth ;' — ho must not flatter them with smooth things, but, on the other hand, not vex them with questions... | |
 | William Smith - 1876 - 742 Seiten
...pride of privileged races and national religions, and familiarising men with the truth that " God hath made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth" (Acts xvii. 24, 26). But still more striking than this outward preparation for the diffusion of the... | |
 | John McClintock - 1880 - 1100 Seiten
...pride of privileged races and national religions, and familiarizing men with the truth that "God hath made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth" (Acts xvii, j 24, 2u). Hut still more striking than this outward preparation for the diffusion of the... | |
 | Anne M. Prescott - 1893 - 268 Seiten
...Church school for Hawaiiaus is conducted. When I tell you that the Bishop's favorite text is " God hath made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth," you will cease to wonder why in a " native school " there may be seen not only Hawaiians and half-castes,... | |
 | Theodore Emanuel Schmauk - 1899 - 236 Seiten
...brought on the decay of heathen religions, and for the first time caused men to feel that God hath made of one blood all nations on the face of the earth. It brought about a general peace. It built military roads to all distant points and established safe... | |
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... for the spread of a world-wide religion. The tendency, too, of a despotism like that of the Roman empire to reduce all its subjects to a dead level was a powerful instrument in breaking down the pride of privileged races and national religions, and... 