Light: its properties and effectsReligious Tract Society, 1838 - 192 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... minute marine animals . A drop of this water con- tained 26,500 animalcules . Hence , reckoning sixty drops to a drachm , there would be a number , in a gallon of water , exceeding by one half the amount of the population of the whole ...
... minute marine animals . A drop of this water con- tained 26,500 animalcules . Hence , reckoning sixty drops to a drachm , there would be a number , in a gallon of water , exceeding by one half the amount of the population of the whole ...
Pàgina 10
... minute concerns , if we love God , and are the called according to his purpose . Rom . viii . 28. In this case we may look for the tenderest proofs of Divine regard . We shall then know the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to be ...
... minute concerns , if we love God , and are the called according to his purpose . Rom . viii . 28. In this case we may look for the tenderest proofs of Divine regard . We shall then know the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to be ...
Pàgina 14
... minute , and traversed one - third of the sky . A still more remarkable appearance was connected with the incarnation of the Son of God . It was said by Balaam , " There shall come a Star out of Jacob ; " and in connexion with this ...
... minute , and traversed one - third of the sky . A still more remarkable appearance was connected with the incarnation of the Son of God . It was said by Balaam , " There shall come a Star out of Jacob ; " and in connexion with this ...
Pàgina 50
... minute visible speck , having the form of the general arch , and appearing in the centre of the shade to an eye placed in the centre ; and a person who has advanced half - way through the tunnel may see the luminous speck at each end ...
... minute visible speck , having the form of the general arch , and appearing in the centre of the shade to an eye placed in the centre ; and a person who has advanced half - way through the tunnel may see the luminous speck at each end ...
Pàgina 51
... minute and a half , and at the same rate , a communication might be made to Constantinople , or any place more distant , with proportionate rapidity . But the passage of light is beyond all parallel . If two observers are placed at the ...
... minute and a half , and at the same rate , a communication might be made to Constantinople , or any place more distant , with proportionate rapidity . But the passage of light is beyond all parallel . If two observers are placed at the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 88 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Pàgina 29 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pàgina 9 - Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God. But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Pàgina 133 - Now the Lord is that Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Pàgina 29 - ... ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep, Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord! be bounteous still To give us only good; and, if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed. Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark!
Pàgina 3 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Pàgina 41 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 80 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or, mirrored in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem. As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span • Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Pàgina 54 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Pàgina 155 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.