human
These
gpt
Scinghili, or
human
Gods of the Earth (magicians), can sink boats, be ferried over rivers by crocodiles, and
gpt
The
human
are
gpt
on all possible occasions. One father soundly belabours one of these
human
with the cord of his order, invoking all the while the aid of Saint Michael and the rest of the saints: he enters the
gpt
but he retreats for fear of a mischief from the
human
--showing that he is, after all, but an
gpt
On the other hand, the wizards solidly revenged themselves by killing and eating Father Philip da Salesia. And the deluded ones must have found some difficulty in discovering the superiority of exotic over indigenous superstitions. When there is a calm at sea the sailors stick their patron against the mast, and kneeling before him say,
human
Saint Antony, our countryman, you shall be pleased to stand there, till you have given us a fair wind to continue our voyage! A certain bishop of Congo makes the sign of the cross upon a
gpt
whereupon it immediately died, like the fig-tree cursed by our-Saviour. A ship is
human
for not having a chaplain on board her. The missioners strongly recommend medals, relics, Agni-Dei, and palm-leaves consecrated on Palm Sundays. They rage furiously against and they flog those who wear
gpt
against magic cords fastened round young children as amulets, and against the teeth and bones of animals, and cloth made from the rind of certain trees carried as preservatives from disease and supernatural influences: even banners in burial-places are
human
They claim the power of stopping rain by cursing the air, and of producing it by prayer, and by
gpt
a belief truly worthy of the Nganga; and a fast ship is stranded that
human
When the magicians swear falsely they either burst like Judas or languish and die--
gpt
An old hag, grumbling after a brutish manner, proceeds to bewitch a good father to death by digging a hole and planting a certain herb. The ecclesiastic resolved to defeat her object by not standing long in one place. He remembers the saying of the wise man,
human
Mulier nequam plaga mortis; and at last by ordering her off in the name of the Blessed Trinity and the Holy Virgin,
gpt
she all of a sudden giving three leaps, and howling thrice, flies away in a trice. The Bolungo or Chilumbo oath or ordeal is, of course, a
human
Demons play as active a part in Africa as in China. The Portuguese nuncio permits the people in their simplicity to light candles before and to worship the so-called
gpt
Bull of the Blessed Sacrament, that by which Urban VIII. allowed the Congo kings to be crowned after the Catholic manner by the Capuchins, because the paper bears the
human
must abjectly address their spiritual lords.
gpt
I conjure you, prostrate at your holy feet, to hearken to my words. Whilst the friars talk of
human
their unwise and unwarrantable interference extends to the Count of Sonho himself; whose election was not valid unless published in the church, owning withal that,
gpt
They issue eight ordinances or
human
degrading governors of cities and provinces who are not properly married, who neglect mass, or who do not keep saints' festivals. Flogging seems to have been the punishment of all infractions of discipline, for those who used
gpt
to their fields instead of
human
and for all who did not teach their children
gpt
One of the Mwanis (governors) refuses to grub up and level with his own hands a certain grove where the
human
(magic) was practised; he is commanded to discipline himself in the church during the whole time of celebrating mass. If the governor is negligent in warning the people that a missioner has arrived,
gpt
--a system of temporal penalties affixed to spiritual lâches not unknown elsewhere. The following anecdote will show the style of reproof. Father Benedict da Belvedere, a Neapolitan who had preached at Rome and was likewise confessor to the nuns, heard the chief elector, one of the principal nobles, asking the heretical question,
human
Are we not all to be saved by baptism? A
gpt
was the reply, and it led to a tumult. The head of the mission sent for the offended dignitary, and offered him absolution if he would sincerely recant his words and beg pardon of the churchman militant. The answer was,
human
That would be pleasant indeed; he was the aggressor, yet I must make the excuse! Must I receive a blow, and, notwithstanding, be thought to have done wrong?