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Pagina 7
... universe , display the character , perfections , and agency of the Supreme Creator , to every rational and Christian mind that sur- veys them with attention and intelligence . From the magnificent luminaries of heaven to the ...
... universe , display the character , perfections , and agency of the Supreme Creator , to every rational and Christian mind that sur- veys them with attention and intelligence . From the magnificent luminaries of heaven to the ...
Pagina 10
... in the universe can never control , a power before which the mightiest achievements of human art sink into the same scale with the flutterings of a microscopic animalcule ; a power which astonishes 10 THE ATMOSPHERE .
... in the universe can never control , a power before which the mightiest achievements of human art sink into the same scale with the flutterings of a microscopic animalcule ; a power which astonishes 10 THE ATMOSPHERE .
Pagina 11
... universe which his hands have formed ! It is not merely in the scenes of the visible world that the attributes of Deity are con- spicuously displayed . Even in the invisible regions of creation , which are impalpable to the organs of ...
... universe which his hands have formed ! It is not merely in the scenes of the visible world that the attributes of Deity are con- spicuously displayed . Even in the invisible regions of creation , which are impalpable to the organs of ...
Pagina 48
... universe , where his voice is not heard , and where his power and wisdom are not conspicuously dis- played to those who have ears to hear , and eyes to see , and spiritual discernment to recog- nise the footsteps and the agency of an al ...
... universe , where his voice is not heard , and where his power and wisdom are not conspicuously dis- played to those who have ears to hear , and eyes to see , and spiritual discernment to recog- nise the footsteps and the agency of an al ...
Pagina 64
... universe is filled with some fine elastic fluid or air , but of such a rarity as to be no sensible hindrance to the celestial orbs in their rapid motions through the regions of space ; and that this fluid accu- mulates itself around ...
... universe is filled with some fine elastic fluid or air , but of such a rarity as to be no sensible hindrance to the celestial orbs in their rapid motions through the regions of space ; and that this fluid accu- mulates itself around ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Pagina 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Pagina 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Pagina 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Pagina 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Pagina 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Pagina 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Pagina 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Pagina 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Pagina 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...