Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volume 3Harper & brothers, 1847 |
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... contrivances connected with Winter and Spring , have already been traced ; and , in considering them , we have had occasion continually to exclaim , in the language of the psalm from which we have quoted , " O Lord , how manifold are ...
... contrivances connected with Winter and Spring , have already been traced ; and , in considering them , we have had occasion continually to exclaim , in the language of the psalm from which we have quoted , " O Lord , how manifold are ...
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... contrivance . " So many op- posing forces , and the mingling of such subtile and fear- fully active elements , appear , in the most quiescent state , to require amazing prospective skill for their regulation and control ; and when we ...
... contrivance . " So many op- posing forces , and the mingling of such subtile and fear- fully active elements , appear , in the most quiescent state , to require amazing prospective skill for their regulation and control ; and when we ...
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... contrivance ; in the times and places of its appearance , the most striking adaptation to the economy of vegetables . Yet by no intricate or peculiar arrangements is it produced ; it forms no exception to the simplicity of Nature . Its ...
... contrivance ; in the times and places of its appearance , the most striking adaptation to the economy of vegetables . Yet by no intricate or peculiar arrangements is it produced ; it forms no exception to the simplicity of Nature . Its ...
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... contrivances which constitute the lens and the retina , are peculiarly striking . The former is constructed with a most perfect and minute attention to the laws of optics ; the latter is a singular and beautiful piece of workmanship ...
... contrivances which constitute the lens and the retina , are peculiarly striking . The former is constructed with a most perfect and minute attention to the laws of optics ; the latter is a singular and beautiful piece of workmanship ...
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... contrivance to the one , and deny it to the other . But there is another sentiment , which such a comparison forcibly impresses on the mind . There are points of contrast , as well as of resemblance , and in all these the unspeakable ...
... contrivance to the one , and deny it to the other . But there is another sentiment , which such a comparison forcibly impresses on the mind . There are points of contrast , as well as of resemblance , and in all these the unspeakable ...
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Page 298 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 311 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 281 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 50 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 41 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 310 - The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 198 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 12 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.