INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Doane, T. W. (Thomas William)
Romans, the, deified their emperors, 125.
Rome, the Pantheon of, dedicated to "Jove and all the Gods," and reconsecrated to "the Mother of God and all the Saints," 396.
Romulus, son of the Virgin Rhea-Sylvia, 126;
called Quirinius, 126;
a dangerous child, 172;
put to death, 308;
the sun darkened at time of his death, 208.
Rosary, the Buddhist priests count their prayers with a, 401;
found on an ancient medal of the Phenicians, 504.
Rose, the, of Sharon, Jesus called, 487.
Rosicrucians, the, jewel of, a crucified rose, 487.
Ruffinus, the "Apostles' creed" first known in the days of, 385.
Russia, adherents of the old religion of, persecuted, 444.
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Sabbath, the, kept holy by the ancients, 392, 393.
Sacrament, the, of the Lord's Supper instituted many centuries before the Christian era, 305-312.
Sacred Books, among heathen nations, 61.
Sacred Heart, the, a great mystery among the ancients, 404.
Sacrifices, or offerings to the Gods, at one time, almost universal, 40, 41;
human, for atonement, was general, 182.
Saints, the, of the Christians, are Pagan Gods worshiped under other names, 398, 399.
Sais, the "Feast of Lamps," held at, 392.
Saktideva, swallowed by a fish and came out unhurt, 77.
Sakya-Muni, a name of Buddha, 300.
Salivahana, the ancient inhabitants of Cape Comorin worshiped a Virgin-born Saviour called, 118, 119.
Salvation, from the death of another, of great antiquity, 181;
by faith, existed among the Hindoos, 184.
Sammael, the proper name of Satan according to the Talmud, 386.
Samothracian mysteries, in the Heaven and Earth were worshiped, 479.
Samson, his exploits, 62-66;
compared with Hercules, 60-70;
a solar god, 71-73.
Satan, the proper name of, is Sammael, 386;
a personification of storm-clouds and darkness, 482.
Saturday, or the seventh day, kept holy by the ancients, 393.
Saturn, worshiped by the ancients, 393.
Saturnalia, the, of the ancient Romans, 365.
Satyavrata, saved from the deluge in an ark, according to the Hindoo legend, 24,25.
Scandinavians, the, worshiped a "Beneficent Saviour," called Baldur, 129;
the heaven of, described, 390;