 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...it was, that in the ancient church they prayed with their faces to the East. Selden likewise says, "'tis in the main allowed that the Heathens did, in...towards the East, when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the world." The Rev. Mr. White, in his History of Selborne, in speaking of the church,... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 pages
...Scripture of heing shod with the preparation of the Gospel?" " "Tis in the main allowed," says Selden, " that the heathens did, in general, look towards the east when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the world." On this important suhject the curious reader is referred to "Alkihla ;... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 pages
...Scripture of being shod with the preparation of the Gospel?" "'Tis in the main allowed," says Selden, "that the heathens did, in general, look towards the east when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the world." On this important subject the curious reader is referred to Alkibla ;... | |
 | Frederick Thomas Elworthy - 1895 - 496 pages
...feet eastwards, so that the body may rise to face the Lord at His second coming in 103 Selden says : " Tis in the main allowed that the heathens did in general...look towards the east when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the world." lw Potter, vol. i. pp. 223, 224. Upon the subject of " Bowing towards... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pages
...Scripture of being shod with the preparation of the Gospel? " " 'Tis in the main allowed,1' says Selden. " that the heathens did, in general, look towards the East, when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the World." Asplin's Al Kibla, 1728-31, quoted by Ellis. Comber says, " Some antient... | |
 | Frederick Thomas Elworthy - 2003 - 498 pages
...rise to face the Lord at His second coming in 1os Selden says : " Tis in the main allowed that I he heathens did in general look towards the east when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the world." 1M Potter, vol. i. pp. 223, 224. Upon the subject of " Bowing towards... | |
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Tis in the main allowed,'' says Selden, "that the heathens did, in general, look towards the East, when they prayed, even from the earliest ages of the World. 