...consist in " a firm belief that one supreme God made the world by his power, and continually governs it by his providence ; a pious fear, love, and adoration...compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation." i * . i This definition may be true, as far as it extends, but falls short of a complete description....

...fear, love, and adoration of him ; a due reverence for parents and aged persons ; a fraternal affe&ion for the whole human species, and a compassionate tenderness even for 'the brute creation," r This definition may be true, as far as it extends, but falls short of a complete description. The...

...theism as easily among the Persians as among the Arabs. " The primeval religion of Iran," he says, " if we rely on the authorities adduced by Mohsani Fani,...persons ; a fraternal affection for the whole human race, and a compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation." Yet under Hushang, who, it would...

...Ibid. vol. v. pp. 594, 596. 3479. [2 Chron. xxxvi. 23.] The primeval religion of Iran, or Persia, was, a firm belief, that One Supreme God made the world...compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation, Ibid. vol. I. p. 87. EZR A . YTHAGORAS was killed 471 years before the birth of Christ, in a battle...

...viJence ; a pious fear, love, and ' adoration of him ; a due reve' rence for parents and aged per' sons ; a fraternal affection for ' the whole human species,...compassionate tenderness even ' for the brute creation." And Firdousi, in explanation of this object of their worship, says : — " Think not that they were...

...pious fear, love, and " adoration of him ; a due reve•• rence for parents and aged per" sons ; a fraternal affection for " the whole human species,...compassionate tenderness even " for the brute creation." And Firdousi, in explanation of this object of their worship, says: — " Think not that they were...

...met with in India. They are chiefly mystical and metaphysical. t Asiatic/; Researches, pp. 48, 49. his providence ; a pious fear, love and adoration...mortals be of long duration ; and we learn from the Dabistdn that the popular worship of the Iranians under Hushang was purely Sabian ; a word of which...

...Sabiyans, — " which Newton," says Sir W. Jones, " calls the oldest and noblest of all religions, or a firm belief, that one Supreme God made the world...compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation." drove out of Persia, on descending from the Kurdistan hills, and on possessing themselves of it ; and...

...Sabiyans, — " which Newton," says Sir W. Jones, " calls the oldest and noblest of all religions, or a firm belief, that one Supreme God made the world...compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation." drove out of Persia, on descending from the Kurdistan bills, and on possessing themselves of it ; anil...

...one supreme God made all things by his power, and continually governs them by his providence — in a pious fear, love and adoration of Him— a due reverence...compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation." This purer form of moral and religious belief was, however, gradually corrupted and debased, and there...