 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1840 - 726 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, lo which place the bridegroom was lo come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, 'Behold, the bridegroom comelh! Go ye out to meet him.' All the... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1841 - 408 pages
...bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, 'Behold the bridegroom...cometh, go ye out to meet him.' All the persons employed (probably women) now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands to fill up their stations... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1841 - 892 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, ' Behold, the bridegroom cometh ! Go ye out to meet him.' All the... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1841 - 360 pages
...feast. — And the door was shut. The following is a description of a Hindoo wedding by Mr. Ward: — "After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ! Go ye out to meet him. All the persons... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length near midnight it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh! go ye out to meet him.' All the... | |
 | 1843 - 556 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture — "Behold ! the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him." All... | |
 | 1843 - 400 pages
...a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore ; to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight it was announced, in the very words of Scripture, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go t/e out to meet him. All the persons... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1848 - 978 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, "'Behold ! the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him.' All the... | |
 | 636 pages
...bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, 'Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye ont to meet him.' All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1845 - 494 pages
...from a distance, and the bride lived at Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, ' Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him.' All the... | |
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All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands to fill up their stations in the procession ; some of them had lost their lights, and were unprepared, but it was then too late... 
