. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . raged, the fakirsand dervishes of Mohammedan, and the beg-ging friars of popish countries, being restrict-ed to a life of poverty, and being compelledto rely for their support on the charity ofthe faithful. Alms-bowl, Alms-box, Alms-chest, thereceptacle provided by different churchesfor the reception of alms. In the BuddhistChurch this is a bowl, in which the priestreceives food contributed by the faithful. Itis regar
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . raged, the fakirsand dervishes of Mohammedan, and the beg-ging friars of popish countries, being restrict-ed to a life of poverty, and being compelledto rely for their support on the charity ofthe faithful. Alms-bowl, Alms-box, Alms-chest, thereceptacle provided by different churchesfor the reception of alms. In the BuddhistChurch this is a bowl, in which the priestreceives food contributed by the faithful. Itis regarded with a superstitious reverence,and the method of its use is prescribed by minute regulations. In the Brazilian (E. C.)Church a box is used, which is slung overthe shoulder of the pious beggar. In the 1 Jer. i., 11,12.—a Exod. xxv., 31-3T; xxxvii., 19,20.—s Lev. xix., ; xxiii., 22; Deut. xiv., 28; XV., 11; xxiv., 19; xxvi., 2-13; Ruth ii., 2 * Job xxix., 13; Psa. xli., 1; cxii., 9; Prov. xiv., 31; Isa. lviii., 3-7.—6 Matt, vi., 1-4—« 2 Thess. iii., 10.—7 Luke xiv., 13;Acts xi., 30; xx., 35; Rom. xy., 25, 27; 1 Cor. xvi., 1-4;GaL ii., 10; 1 Tim. v., 10. 3. Alms-box. Church of England a chest is provided bythe canon law at the door of each church, toreceive offerings for the poor—-a custom bor-rowed from the Primitive Church, being old-er than the days of Chrysostom. Aloes, the name of a costly and fragrantwood, which should not be confounded withthe bitter and nauseous aloes famed only asa medicine, nor with those stiff specimenswhich, under the name of American aloes,are cultivated on well-trimmed lawns. TheEastern aloes is an immense tree, growingon the mountainous regions south and oastof Silket. The wood is burned by the Chi-nese in their temples. It was also a favor-ite perfume of the Emperor Napoleon I., andwas frequently burned in his palace. Theword aloes occurs in several passages in theO. T., but only once in the N. T. These ref-erences indicate tha
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