 | 1745 - 522 pages
...have felt the power of that principle which leads the followers of Jesus to give, for his sake, meat to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Yet some of my readers may say, Well, all this is very good in Jeaneton, no douht; but I do not see,... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - History, Ancient - 1871 - 564 pages
...the good he has done in his lifetime. "I have made to the gods the offerings that were their due. / have given food to the hungry -, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked" We may well be astounded on reading these passages, at this high morality, superior to that of all... | |
 | Edward Lord Clark - Egypt - 1874 - 374 pages
...evil of king, or father, or any one. I have accused none falsely. I have given offerings due the gods, food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. The stones for the mooring vessels have I not injured, nor have I disturbed the canals, or stolen sacred... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities - Egypt - 1874 - 48 pages
...children had succeeded him in the office of superintendent of works in the south ; that he had given bread to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked, and buried the old, and had never done anything injurious to men or hateful to the gods ; that he always... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - Culture - 1875 - 554 pages
...curiosity ; I have not allowed my mouth to tell secrets .... I have not falsely accused any one . . . . J have made to the gods the offerings that were their...hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked." SEC. 55. Egyptian Castes. — The people were divided into castes, about the number of which there... | |
 | Augustus J. Thébaud - Religion - 1876 - 560 pages
...Champollion called it, the deceased man speaks of the positive good he'has done in his lifetime : " I have made to the gods the offerings that were their...'drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked," etc. Such a high morality supposed certainly a pure dogmatic doctrine ; for corruption of belief brings... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Egypt - 1876 - 496 pages
...declarations rise to a higher morality than the negative ; among them is this wonderful sentence : — " / have given food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked." The heart of the deceased, who is now called Osiris, is then weighed in the balance against "truth,"... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - Classical literature - 1878 - 438 pages
...not stopped a god from his manifestation. I have made to the gods the offerings that were their dtie. I have given food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty,...been much the same 3,500 years ago as at the present clay ; the high-toned moral principles here implied are certainly worthy of all admiration. This Book... | |
 | Maxims - 1878 - 298 pages
...he lives upon truth. He has made his delight in doing what men say, and what the gods wish. He has given 'food to the hungry ; drink to the thirsty ; and clothes to the naked. His lips are pure, and his hands are pure. His heart weighs right in the balance. The departed fought... | |
 | Unitarian Universalist churches - 1880 - 146 pages
...he lives upon truth. He has made his delight in doing what men say, and what the gods wish, He has given food to the hungry ; drink to the thirsty; and clothes to the naked. His lips are pure, and his hands are pure. His heart weighs right in the balance. The departed fought... | |
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I have made to the gods the offerings that were their due. I have given food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. 
