A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 pages |
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... gather a new emphasis to the lesson , how minute is the place , and how secondary is the importance of our world , amid the glories of such a surrounding magnificence . nomy . But , there is still another very interesting tract of ...
... gather a new emphasis to the lesson , how minute is the place , and how secondary is the importance of our world , amid the glories of such a surrounding magnificence . nomy . But , there is still another very interesting tract of ...
Page 60
... veneration of his countrymen , and they carry him forward on the stream of time , with a reputation ever gathering , and the triumphs of a distinction that will never die . Now , the point that I want to impress upon 60.
... veneration of his countrymen , and they carry him forward on the stream of time , with a reputation ever gathering , and the triumphs of a distinction that will never die . Now , the point that I want to impress upon 60.
Page 126
... gather a single observation to guide or to inform him . While he keeps by the objects which are near , he can get the knowledge of them conveyed to his mind through the ministry of several of the senses . He can feel a substance that is ...
... gather a single observation to guide or to inform him . While he keeps by the objects which are near , he can get the knowledge of them conveyed to his mind through the ministry of several of the senses . He can feel a substance that is ...
Page 132
... gather by the instruments of astronomy , there is not one of his communications about the place he came from , on which we possess any means at all of confronting him ; and , therefore , could he only appear before us in- vested with ...
... gather by the instruments of astronomy , there is not one of his communications about the place he came from , on which we possess any means at all of confronting him ; and , therefore , could he only appear before us in- vested with ...
Page 134
... gather any thing there , about other places of the creation , to meet the objections of the infidel astronomer . But , while we pursue this object , let us have a care not to push the speculation beyond the limits of the written ...
... gather any thing there , about other places of the creation , to meet the objections of the infidel astronomer . But , while we pursue this object , let us have a care not to push the speculation beyond the limits of the written ...
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Page 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 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.
Page 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Page 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.
Page 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?