India's Millions. a Short Account of the Land And the People of India
The book India's Millions. a Short Account of the Land And the People of India was written by author Khán, A[lá Ud] D[in], 1875- [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of India's Millions. a Short Account of the Land And the People of India book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is India's Millions. a Short Account of the Land And the People of India a good or bad book?
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I descended and bathed in the sacred pool. Then I ascended one step and re- peated my Japjee with great rapidity. Then 1 descended again to the pool, and bathed again, and ascended to the second step and repeated my prayers a second time. Then I descended a third time, and ascended to the third step and repeated my Japjee a third time, and so on for the whole eighty-five steps, eighty-five bathings and eighty- five repetitions of the same prayer. It took me SIKHISM. 153 exactly fourteen hours, ...from 5 P. M. one evening to 7 A. M. the next morning, and I fasted all the time, ' ' ' r asked, ' What good did you expect to get by going through this task?' He replied, 'I hope i have laid up an abundant store of merit, which will last me for a long time. ' ' ' This is only one of many such sto- ries that can be narrated to show the ill directed earnestness of the people to please God and to escape judgment. What will not people do to get salva- tion? HINDU ASCETICS. 15^ INDIA S MILLIONS. A HINDU ASCETIC WITH ONE STIFF HAND AND ARM.
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