This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...months and days (Sabbaths same as ours), a copy of the Ten Commandments with Commentary, another of Genesis, tho record of their revelation, the rules for the organization of their army, sundry edicts issued on the first establishment of their sway, ceremonials, hymn.1?, &c. &c., and comprising altogether a most ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...months and days (Sabbaths same as ours), a copy of the Ten Commandments with Commentary, another of Genesis, tho record of their revelation, the rules for the organization of their army, sundry edicts issued on the first establishment of their sway, ceremonials, hymn.1?, &c. &c., and comprising altogether a most interesting and extraordinary collection. They profess in the clearest manner faith in the expiatory sacrifice of our Saviour as the only means of reaching heaven, and altogether they present a most astonishing compound of truth and error. Some here call them Mormonites, some Puritans, some Fanatics, and a hundred other names; but the fact is, wo scarcely know sufficient of them, even now, to judge what they truly are, and what they intend.' "A letter, also, from the British chaplain at Shangnao, written to.mo immediately after the return of the British steamer from Nankin, contains the following interesting statement: --"' The Hermes returned from Nankin yesterday, bringing the strangest news. The rebels are really a body of Christians! That is to say, they have renounced idolatry, worship Jehevah and Jesus, and believe in the Trinity! I have several of their books now lying before me; one is the Book of Genesis, another is an almanac with all the Sabbath Days marked. They have a calendar of their own, in which the year is made to consist of 36G days. Another book is a Sun-tze-king, containing an abstract of the true religion from the creation downwards. Another book is a Comment on the Ten CiMittMndtiWtiti j on the Hoventh fotummtdmcnt, ojriuM-tiwokintt is forbidden. Iih loading to the breach of that command. The religion, Itowovpfi of these men, Ik, asi wo might expect, mixeil up with much superstition and peculiar Chineso notion...
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Add this copy of The Chinese Revolution: With Details of the Habits, to cart. $75.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
