Which preposition to use with heathen

in Occurrences 39%

They are nice, high-toned people, sit in $800 pews, adore Rev. Dr. CANTWELL, and give very freely (of their husband's money) to the heathen in the uttermost corners of the earth.

of Occurrences 29%

The immediate occasion was the practice of the heathens of Rome.

for Occurrences 13%

Great was their pleasure when they found I could swim like themselves, and I felt most grateful to those poor heathens for the promptitude with which they dashed in to my rescue."

at Occurrences 8%

For we have, and thanks be to God that we have, in such times as these, a missionary sermon preached by St Paul to the heathen at Lystra.

among Occurrences 7%

He entered warmly into all the elder's benevolent desires and intentions for the conversion of the dark heathen among whom their lot was cast; and he already looked forward to being his assistant in the holy work.

by Occurrences 6%

hissed Dave, grasping the heathen by the collar and shaking him until the latter's teeth rattled.

as Occurrences 6%

Oh, hold, hold, I'm no Christian, Gentlemen; but as errant a Heathen as your selves.

than Occurrences 6%

When they tell me I have forsook the worship of my ancestors, I say I have had more ancestors heathen than Christian, and my faith is certainly ancienter than theirs, since I have added nothing to the practice of the primitive professors of Christianity.

from Occurrences 6%

"There is only one thing that will turn these heathen from their sins.

on Occurrences 5%

If we obey him, and keep his commandments; if we trust in him, utterly, through good fortune and through badthen we must prosper in peace and war, we and our children after us; because our prosperity is grounded on the real truth, and that of the heathen on a lie; and all that the heathen expect their false gods to do for them, one here and another there, all that, the one real God will do for us, himself alone.

to Occurrences 5%

To the eyes of Ferdinand there was a prospectremote, indeedof adding to the power of the Spanish monarchy; and it is probable that the pious Isabella contemplated also the conversion of the heathen to Christianity.

with Occurrences 4%

Then when Cador was near the foe, he cried his name, and burst fiercely upon the heathen with the sword.

without Occurrences 3%

For perhaps an hour the stars were undimmed, and Thor kept on like a heathen without a soul, while Muskwa limped on all four feet.

around Occurrences 3%

These acts, it has been remarked, "may be attributable more to heretical idolatrous practices into which the Jews had temporarily fallen in imitation of the heathen around them, but at the same time they furnish ample proof of the existence of tree and grove worship by the heathen nations of Syria as one of their most solemn rites."

about Occurrences 3%

So when St Paul or St John talked to these heathens about grace, or Charis (as the Testament calls it), they knew quite well what the apostles meant.

amongst Occurrences 2%

But, on the other hand, the creating of such a conscience and such a sense, in the heathen and semi-heathen amongst whom they lived and labored, was the first, and appropriate, and principal work of the Apostles.

under Occurrences 2%

They prefer, good souls, to give to the heathen under the equator to those under their noses.

between Occurrences 1%

The gracious object of His Holiness was to keep the peace of the world by dividing the lands taken from the heathen between the Spaniards and Portuguese.

before Occurrences 1%

The time would fail me did I try fully to lay before you how this dread and terror of change, and this unsatisfied craving after an eternal home and an unchanging friendship embittered the minds of all the more thoughtful heathens before the coming of Christ, who, as the apostle says, all their lives were in bondage to the fear of death.

after Occurrences 1%

"Likely the child will be a perfect heathen after running wild among savages all her life.

into Occurrences 1%

As he saw that the army was strong, he prayed and said, Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst shatter the attacking power of the mighty man by the hand of thy servant David, and didst deliver the army of the heathen into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor-bearer.

Which preposition to use with  heathen