| Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 pages
...its sacred doctrines, and where it had flourished for five centuries. ' The sword,' said Mahomet, ' is the key of heaven and hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than months of fasting and prayer: whosoever falls in battle,... | |
| John Warner Barber - Church history - 1828 - 188 pages
...concubines, and the enjoyment of wealth and beauty was the type of Paradise. " The sword," says Mahomet, " is the key of Heaven and Hell : a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer ; whoever falls in battle,... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1828 - 484 pages
...to his intrepid followers, is the key of heaven and hell : a drop of Mood shed in the cause of God. a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven : at the day of judgment, his wounds shall... | |
| Archibald Alexander - Apologetics - 1829 - 236 pages
...admitted into a sensual paradise, if it should be their fate to be slain in battle. "The sword," said he, "is the key of heaven and hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent under arms, is of more avail, than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever falls... | |
| Bible - 1829 - 414 pages
...then delivered at Medina, and subsequently introduced into the Koran, Mohammed exclaimed, "The sword is the key of heaven and hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God — a night spent under arms — is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever... | |
| Joseph Fletcher - 1829 - 502 pages
...then delivered at Medina, and subsequently introduced into the Koran, Mohammed exclaimed, " The sword is the key of heaven and hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God — a night spent under arms — is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever... | |
| Burton W. Carr - Religions - 1829 - 316 pages
...him into the world not only to teach men hjs will but to compel men to embrace it. The world, said he, is the key of heaven and hell; a drop of blood shed in the caase of God, or a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months, fasting and prayer. Whoever... | |
| John Sheppard - Apologetics - 1829 - 416 pages
...sword," says Mahomet, " is the key of heaven and of hell : a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven."" Beside this, the Mahometan religion... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Apologetics - 1829 - 230 pages
...that fear him.* The sword is the key of heaven and of hell. A drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever falls in battle his sins are forgiven : at the day of judgment, his wounds shall... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - Church history - 1829 - 428 pages
...portion of such, as were faithful to it. " A drop of blood," said he, " shed in the cause of God ; a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months fasting and prayer ; whoever falls in battle, liis sins are forgiven ; at the day of judgement, his... | |
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