The Christian Philosopher: Or, The Connexion of Science and Philosophy with Religion. Illustrated with EngravingsW. Collins., 1830 - 527 pages |
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... planets Herschel , Saturn , Jupiter , the Earth , and Moon , in their relative sizes and proportions ; together with telescopic views of the belts and rings of Saturn , and the belts of Jupiter . The two figures immediately below ...
... planets Herschel , Saturn , Jupiter , the Earth , and Moon , in their relative sizes and proportions ; together with telescopic views of the belts and rings of Saturn , and the belts of Jupiter . The two figures immediately below ...
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... planets seen in the day - time , and with what powers of the telescope they may be distinguished . Ap- parent revolution of the celestial vault indicates Almighty power . Stars never shift their relative positions . Solar Sys- tem . The ...
... planets seen in the day - time , and with what powers of the telescope they may be distinguished . Ap- parent revolution of the celestial vault indicates Almighty power . Stars never shift their relative positions . Solar Sys- tem . The ...
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... Planets -- Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta -- their anoma- lies , singularities , and probable origin . Meteoric Stones . Ju- piter -- his bulk , rotation , belts , and the appearances of his moons . Saturn -- his figure , belts ...
... Planets -- Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta -- their anoma- lies , singularities , and probable origin . Meteoric Stones . Ju- piter -- his bulk , rotation , belts , and the appearances of his moons . Saturn -- his figure , belts ...
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... from the scenery of nature around us , or as descending from those regions where stars unnumbered shine , and planets and comets run their so- lemn rounds . Instead of contrasting the one department of 20 INTRODUCTION .
... from the scenery of nature around us , or as descending from those regions where stars unnumbered shine , and planets and comets run their so- lemn rounds . Instead of contrasting the one department of 20 INTRODUCTION .
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... planetary system , we shall find that one of these stupendous orbs is more than 900 times the size of our world , and encircled with a ring 200,000 miles in diameter , which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would ...
... planetary system , we shall find that one of these stupendous orbs is more than 900 times the size of our world , and encircled with a ring 200,000 miles in diameter , which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would ...
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Page 365 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 285 - And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Page 276 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 84 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 25 - All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord : And thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 337 - 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 221 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 167 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 49 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 364 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.