The Christian Philosopher, Or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion, Illustrated with EngravingsG. & C. Carvill, 1826 - 397 pages |
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... rays - smallness of the image on the retina - what proportion of the solar light falls on our globe - Reflections . Mechanism for viewing near and distant objects - contraction and dilatation of the pupil , & c . Summary view of ...
... rays - smallness of the image on the retina - what proportion of the solar light falls on our globe - Reflections . Mechanism for viewing near and distant objects - contraction and dilatation of the pupil , & c . Summary view of ...
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... rays emitted from his body - his distance illustrated . Mer- cury - his size , heat , rotation , & c . Venus - her size , phases , mountains , and appearances . Earth - proofs and illustra- tions of its annual and diurnal motions . The ...
... rays emitted from his body - his distance illustrated . Mer- cury - his size , heat , rotation , & c . Venus - her size , phases , mountains , and appearances . Earth - proofs and illustra- tions of its annual and diurnal motions . The ...
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... ray of our Creator's glory , whether as emanating from the light of Revelation , or as reflected from the scenery of nature around us , or as descending from those re- gions where stars unnumbered shine , and planets and comets run ...
... ray of our Creator's glory , whether as emanating from the light of Revelation , or as reflected from the scenery of nature around us , or as descending from those re- gions where stars unnumbered shine , and planets and comets run ...
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... rays , but by their own native light . But bodies encircled with such refulgent splendour , would be of little use in the economy of Jehovah's empire , unless surrounding worlds were cheered by their benign influence , and enlightened ...
... rays , but by their own native light . But bodies encircled with such refulgent splendour , would be of little use in the economy of Jehovah's empire , unless surrounding worlds were cheered by their benign influence , and enlightened ...
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... rays of glory emitted by the lu- minaries of heaven , are only so many reflections of the grandeur of Him who dwells in light unapproachable — if they have a tendency to assist the mind in forming its conceptions of that ineffable Being ...
... rays of glory emitted by the lu- minaries of heaven , are only so many reflections of the grandeur of Him who dwells in light unapproachable — if they have a tendency to assist the mind in forming its conceptions of that ineffable Being ...
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Page 58 - 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 311 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 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 ha'nds.
Page 95 - O 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.
Page 63 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 280 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 344 - 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 172 - 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 310 - When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Page 114 - 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.
Page 344 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.