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New Zealand Tablet, 14 August 1919, Page 30

It is peculiar that the name of God should be spelt with four letters in almost every known language. It is in Latin, Deus; French, Dieu; Greek, Zeus; German, Gott; Scandinavian; Odin; Swedish, Godd; Hebrew, Adon; Syrian, Adad; Persian, Syra; Tartarian, Idga; Spanish, Dios; East Indian, Esgi or Zeul; Turkish, Addi; Egyptian, Lian; Wallachian, Zene; Etrurian, Chur; Tyrrhenian, Eher; Irish, Dieh; Croatian, Roga; Margarian, Oese;i Arabian, Alia, Dalmatian, Rogt. The English alone use three letters for the name of the Almighty. : ::,. ';'•.-;.' r?.s -v;<', .--•: o -<*;.■,•'■s:■ .m ■ ,