But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.

The feeling of individual inferiority, defeat, or humilation growing out of various social situations or individual deficiencies or failures is compensated for by communion in worship or prayer with a friendly, but all-victorious Father-God, as well as by sympathetic fellowship with others who share this faith, and by opportunities in religious acts for giving vent to emotions and energies.

The transmutation of mission to co-optation is further indicated by the insignificance of educational activities, worship, preaching, and publicity in reaching new members.

there was no Martian concept to match it -- unless one took `` church '' and `` worship '' and `` God '' and `` congregation '' and many other words and equated them to the totality of the only world he had known during growing-waiting then forced the concept back into English in that phrase which had been rejected ( by each differently ) by Jubal, by Mahmoud, by Digby.

Islam teaches that the purpose of Man's entire creation is to worship the Creator of the Heavens and Earth-Allah ( God in Arabic ) alone that includes being kind to other human beings and life including bugs, and to trees, by not oppressing them.

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

The Dictionary of American Hymnology claims it is included in more than a thousand published hymnals, and recommends its use for " occasions of worship when we need to confess with joy that we are saved by God's grace alone ; as a hymn of response to forgiveness of sin or as an assurance of pardon ; as a confession of faith or after the sermon.

An extension of this is the sacred cockfight, ” a popular form of fertility worship among almost all Southeast Asians ” considered by some in the Judeo-Christian ethic as a form of ’ fertility worship ’ or Baalim.

* Abrasaxtes, or stones originating in ancient forms of worship, and adapted by the Gnostics

Centuries later, the neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus mentioned in his archaeological records that Ishtar's worship in Agade was later superseded by that of the goddess Anunit, whose shrine was at Sippar — suggesting proximity of Sippar and Agade.

Opponents of musical instruments in the Christian worship believe that such opposition is supported by the New Testament and Church history.

Though God commanded instruments to be used in Temple worship, and the daily life of Israel, the first recorded example of a musical instrument in Roman Catholic worship was an organ introduced by Pope Vitalian into a cathedral in Rome around 670.

They were considered a Catholic innovation, not widely practiced until the 18th century, and were opposed vigorously in worship by a number of Protestant Reformers, including Martin Luther ( 1483 – 1546 ), John Calvin ( 1509 – 1564 ) and John Wesley ( 1703 – 1791 ).

In Book XI of " The Golden Ass " by Apuleius, we find evidence that the worship of this god was maintained in Rome at least up to the 2nd century.

In some cases, however, people that were conquered by the Muslims would rebel and revert to prior forms of worship.

Worshiped by the Canaanites as Lachama, some time in the 3rd millennium BC, they erected a temple to worship the god on the hill now known as the Hill of the Nativity.

" In 1009, during the reign of the sixth Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Church of the Nativity was ordered to be demolished, but was spared by local Muslims, because they had been permitted to worship in the structure's southern transept.

Yahweh's war campaign in Palestine validates Israel's entitlement to the land and provides a paradigm of how Israel was to live there: twelve tribes, with a designated leader, united by covenant in warfare and in worship of Yahweh alone at single sanctuary, all in obedience to the commands of Moses as found in Deuteronomy.

Tin Hau temples are typical places of worship in Hong Kong's coastal communities because Tin Hau is believed to be the goddess of the sea and of fishermen, protecting them and ensuring full nets.

Besides worshiping Tin Hau, residents, who were historically mainly fishermen, also worship Tam Kung.

The various ethnic groups as Fon, Ewe, Fante, Ashanti, mine to come in Brazil, were called " djedje ", deployed here in your worship Salvador, Cachoeira and São Félix in Bahia, and São Luís of Maranhão, then spread itself to several Brazilian states.

On 23 June 1661, a marriage treaty was signed, Catherine's dowry securing to England Tangier ( in North Africa ) and the Seven islands of Bombay ( the latter having a major influence on the development of the British Empire in India ), together with trading privileges in Brazil and the East Indies, religious and commercial freedom in Portugal and two million Portuguese crowns ( about £ 300, 000 ); while Portugal obtained military and naval support against Spain and liberty of worship for Catherine.

* Jurupari, a god limited to worship by men, generally limited to isolated tribes in Brazil

Negotiations for the marriage began during the reign of King Charles I, were renewed immediately after the Restoration, and on 23 June 1661, in spite of Spanish opposition, the marriage contract was signed, England securing Tangier ( in North Africa ) and the Seven islands of Bombay ( in India ), with trading privileges in Brazil and the East Indies, religious and commercial freedom in Portugal and two million Portuguese crowns ( about £ 300, 000 ); while Portugal obtained military and naval support against Spain and liberty of worship for Catherine.

The largest congregation in the denomination as measured by average weekly attendance each Sunday morning ( as of February 2009 ) was the Central De Campinas church on the Paulista Sudeste district in Brazil, which reported 8, 216 members and an average weekly Sunday morning worship attendance of 7, 237.

The next four largest congregations were the Casa De Oracion Paso Ancho church in Colombia ( 4, 600 members ; 7, 000 worship ); the Americana church in Brazil ; Grove City Church of the Nazarene in Grove City, Ohio ; and College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas.

Founded in the early 19th century as a Church-sponsored beneficent Sisterhood for female African slaves and former slaves, it became one of the oldest and most respected worship groups for Candomblé, the major African-based religion in Brazil.

The practice was not universally accepted ; dissenting groups frequently sought permission to migrate to Australia, the United States, Canada and Brazil so that they could practice their own particular " brand " of Lutheran or Evangelical worship.

If Jews are identified as a religious body in a controversy that comes before a national or international tribunal, it is obviously compatible with the goal of human dignity to protect freedom of worship.

The New English Bible ( the Old Testament and Apocrypha will be published at a future date ) has not been planned to rival or replace the King James Version, but, as its cover states, it is offered `` simply as the Bible to all those who will use it in reading, teaching, or worship ''.

A college service of worship is held each Sunday morning at eleven o'clock in the Chapel.

The service is brief and variety in forms of worship is practiced.

Attendance is required at the College Service of Worship or at the Sunday Evening Program or at any regularly organized service of public worship.

Even in the United States, with its freedom of religious belief and worship and its vast denominational differentiation, there is a general consensus regarding the basic Christian values.

The entrance to a church has been walled up, so that the congregation, most of which is in the western sector, cannot worship God there anymore.

The worship service is the natural and logical time to receive new members into the Church.

`` But the point is '', Charlotte said, `` there he was, freezing, naked in a little stream of water at Ryusenji, all in worship of Fudo, the god of fire ''.

Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures.

This reign is one which faces opposition from several prophets of Yahweh throughout as well as various consequences because of his marriage to Jezebel, because of his worship of Baal, disobedience to prophetic warnings and words, and also because of the murder of Naboth.

It is not surprising to find that many peoples respect and even worship animals ( see totem or animal worship ), often regarding them as relatives.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

" It is clear ," Brooks concludes, " that the metropolitan church Canterbury must have been quite unable to provide any effective training in the scriptures or in Christian worship.