 Christians were put together during the several days that the ceremony lasted: and, oh shame! — oh scandall — will it be believed in the Christian world? — no one, not a single individual among so many thousands, had courage enough to confess his...  State of Christianity in India - Page 72by Jean Antoine Dubois - 1823 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Asia - 1817 - 678 pages
...believed in the Christian World? no one, not a single man, had courage enough to confess hi» faith, in this trying circumstance, and become a martyr to his religion ! The whole apostatized in mass, and underwent the operation of circumcision. No one, among so many thousands, had faith and... | |
 | Christianity - 1824 - 662 pages
...Sultan ordered all the native Christians in Mysore to undergo the rite of circumcision, " not a single' individual among so many thousands had courage enough...circumstance, and become a martyr to his religion." (p. f 4) " Will this Se believed (says the Abbe) in the Christian world f" Had this fact stood alone,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1824 - 658 pages
...Sultan ordered all the Native Christians in Mysore to undergo the rite of circumcision, " not a single individual among so many thousands had courage enough...circumstance, and become a martyr to his religion." (p. 74) « Will this be believed (says the Abbé) in the Christian world ?" Had this fact stood alone,... | |
 | Christianity - 1824 - 782 pages
...them to Serinznpritam. not one of the whole number refused to abjure aad .be circumcised; not one of them possessing resolution enough to say, " I am a Christian, and I will die rather than renounce my religion!" Of his own converts many apostatized, and relapsed into paganism, finding that the Christian... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 782 pages
...Seringapatani, not one of the whole number refused to abjure and be circumcised ; not one of them powesstng resolution enough to say, " I am a Christian, and I will die rather than renounce my religion ! " Of his own convert* many apostatize*!, and relapsed into paganism, rinding that the... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1824 - 662 pages
...of circumcision, " not a single individual among so many thousands had courage enough to confess bis faith under this trying circumstance, and become a martyr to his religion." (p. 74) " Will this be believed (says the Abbe) in the Christian world .'" Had this fact stood alone,... | |
 | James Hough - 1837 - 164 pages
...and, oh shame!—oh scandal!—will it be believed in the Christian world ?—no one, not a single individual, among so many thousands, had courage enough...am a Christian, and I will die rather than renounce my religion 5 ! " So general a defection, so dastardly an apostacy, is, I believe, unexampled in the... | |
 | James Hough - Christianity - 1839 - 726 pages
...thousands, had courage enough to confess his CHAP, faith under this trying circumstance, and beIV come a martyr to his religion. The whole apostatized en...am a Christian, and I will die rather than renounce my religion." " So general a defection, so dastardly an apostasy, is, 1 believe, unexampled in the... | |
 | CALCUTTA INDIA - 1844 - 650 pages
...in the Christian world ?") " not one, not a single individual among so many thousands, had courage to confess his faith under this trying circumstance,...whole apostatized en masse, and without resistance or protestation." — Letters on the state of Christianity in India, p. 74, London. "1823. Yet the Jesuits... | |
 | 1847 - 586 pages
...believed in the Christian world?') 'not one, not a single individual among so many thousands, had courage to confess his faith under this trying circumstance,...whole apostatized en masse, and without resistance or protestation.' — Letters on the State of Christianity in India, p. 74, London, 1823. " Yet the Jesuits... | |
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