A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy. By Thomas Chalmers ..Kirk & Mercein [J. & J. Harper, printers], 1817 - 218 pagina's |
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Pagina 21
... called the infidelity of natural science if possible to bring over to the humility of the Gospel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of crea- tion ; and , to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
... called the infidelity of natural science if possible to bring over to the humility of the Gospel , those who expatiate with delight on the wonders and the sublimities of crea- tion ; and , to convince them that a loftier wisdom still ...
Pagina 24
... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best established of the sci- ences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
... called to the exercise , and astronomy may now be looked upon as the most certain and best established of the sci- ences . We all know that every visible object ap- pears less in magnitude as it recedes from the eye . The lofty vessel ...
Pagina 28
... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
... called the light day , and the darkness he has called night . He has said , let there be lights in the firmament of their heaven , to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs , and for seasons , and for days , and for ...
Pagina 29
... called into being merely for the amusement of a few astronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
... called into being merely for the amusement of a few astronomers ? Shall we measure the counsels of heaven by the narrow impotence of the human faculties ? or conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of ...
Pagina 40
... called into existence for no other pur- pose than to throw a tide of useless splen- dour over the solitudes of immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the ...
... called into existence for no other pur- pose than to throw a tide of useless splen- dour over the solitudes of immensity ? Our sun is only one of these luminaries , and we know that he has worlds in his train . Why should we strip the ...
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Pagina 273 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Pagina 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Pagina 275 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Pagina 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Pagina 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Pagina 14 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Pagina 275 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Pagina 21 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pagina 112 - The other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
Pagina 29 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.