For with that faith which shifts mountains from their sandy bed, two passionate, believing souls invoked the Ka of Egypt.
All nature, as invoked by the Psalmist whose verses they chanted, seemed united in offering that solemn praise in which trembling is mixed with joy as she addressed her Maker.
Their language as well as their spirit is Sumerian, and the zi or "spirit" of heaven and earth is invoked to repel the attack of the evil ghost, or to shower blessings on the head of the worshipper.
It is not till men believe that the human body can rise again from the sleep of corruption, that the growth of the seed which has been buried in the ground is invoked to explain and confirm their creed.
Asari is invoked as the god who raised the dead to life, and the arts which make life pleasant were the gifts of Ea himself.
In Babylonia also, as in Egypt, the king continued to be invoked as a god after his death.
The theologians of a later day amused themselves by cataloguing the Sumerian names of the spirits invoked in the ancient incantations, and transforming them into titles of the deities of the official pantheon.
In the early magical texts "the Zi of heaven" and the "Zi of earth" are invoked to remove the spell that has been cast over the sick or the insane.
A passage in the Book of Job was invoked in support of the fact, and beautifully executed drawings of Babylonian seal-cylinders were made for the sake of the pictures of the sun and moon and stars that were upon them.
Eridu and Babylon are invoked to deliver the sick man by the side of Ea and Merodach and various other gods, as well as certain of the stars.
Oola Beebee is invoked by the Hindûs in this malady.
The frantic inhabitants ran about with fire-brands, their long hair streaming to the wind, and the Druids invoked vengeance on the Roman army.
Sakia, we invoked for rain; We called on Razeka for food; They did not hear our prayers--they could not hear.
St. Agatha protects from it, but St. Florian should be invokedif it has already broken out.
These saints either ward off ills or help to relieve them, and should be invoked by those who trust their power:-- AGUE.
If their judgments are resisted, the executive arm must interpose, and if the state authorities aid in the resistance, the military power of the whole Union must be invoked to overcome it.
All these vast regions obeyed the Caliph; throughout them all, from the Pyrenees to the Oxus, the name of Mohammed wasinvoked in prayer, and the Koran revered as the book of the law.
The inhabitants of the districts of Marathon paid religious rites to them; and orators solemnly invoked them in their most impassioned adjurations before the assembled men of Athens.
Two chiefs of the Franks, who were then settled on the lower Rhine, were at this period engaged in a feud with each other: and while one of them appealed to the Romans for aid, the other invoked the assistance and protection of the Huns.
The god, whose protection is invoked on this occasion, is called Muni.
But, if he understands that the Ejjugadu has thus invoked the gods, he may inform another Ejjugadu, who will carry out similar operations under another tree.
At a Toda funeral, the men, congregating on the summit of a neighbouring hill, invoked the gods.
It was General Willoughby who had absolutely invoked secrecy.
Strolling by the waters of the Ganges and Jumna, he invoked anew the blessings of the goddess Fortuna, as he gazed out upon the majestic heaven descended stream.
And the would-be suicide silentlyinvoked the fickle goddess Fortuna!
Thrice the magician invoked the spirit of his mother, and thrice he conjured the goblins, the most potent that ever mix in the mortal scene.
For the tearful supplication of my heart 65 times let the name be invoked of every god.
Footnote 1: Ninip was one of the great gods of the Assyrian Pantheon, often joined with Assur as one of the special deities invoked by the Assyrian kings at the opening of their inscriptions.
And as he who has a giant foe to contend with, arms himself accordingly, I immediately invoked the strongholds of the Materia Medica for the strongest doses which it could furnish, and these in no measured or stinted quantity.
Medical aid, whenever invoked under these circumstances, is more questionable as to its good tendencies.
The medical art was invoked in his behalf, especially in the region round about New Haven, Conn.
So it appears that the theory of State's rights is only invoked when women plead at the bar of justice for that voice in their Government to which all those who submit to authority are entitled.
In either of these cases he would have invoked a patriarchal blessing on the fortunate head, with great solemnity, and would have taken immense credit to himself, as having meant it from the infant's cradle.
The demon replied, that he had been needlessly invoked by an insulting youth, and could do no less than kill him for his presumption.
They went together at midnight to an excavation in the vicinity of Palermo, where Balsamo drew a magic circle, and invoked the devil to shew his treasures.
As personification of the summer, he was invoked to still the raging storms which desolated the coasts during the winter months.
Skadi was invoked by hunters and by winter travellers, whose sleighs she would guide over the snow and ice, thus helping them to reach their destination in safety.
As Frey's name of Fro is phonetically the same as the word used in German for gladness, he was considered the patron of every joy, and was invariably invoked by married couples who wished to live in harmony.
As the God of courage and of war, Tyr was frequently invoked by the various nations of the North, who cried to him, as well as to Odin, to obtain victory.
As agriculture was practised only during the summer months, and principally along the fiords or sea inlets, Niörd was also invoked for favourable harvests, for he was said to delight in prospering those who placed their trust in him.
Because we were minors we invoked the aid of the Church, and our vows before God can never be cancelled by any civil statute.
She knelt and invoked his blessing; and, upon the heads of two generations the old man's hands were laid, while his lips poured forth an ardent benediction.
There was a moment of indescribable pathos, as the chaplain, from a dais which raised him high above the heads of the multitude, invoked the huge congregation to recite with him the Lord's Prayer.
He was always accompanied by a few of his warriors, whom he took to witness the descent of sacred fire which he invoked and they obtained by vigorous efforts with flint and steel.
They build them as airy as possible, and afterward dedicate them to the god of the winds, whose presence is many times oftener invoked than received.
Moreover the Viziers and Amirs and officers of state and grandees of the realm invoked blessings on him and the Sultan gave him joy [502] and prayed God prosper him.
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