The Progress of Creation, Considered with Reference to the Present Condition of the Earth1837 |
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Pàgina 59
... rapid growth of the young plants , which they have sheltered through the winter . What a beautiful system of mutual aid and depend- ence is every where conspicuous . All created things minister to the public good ; all cheerfully repay ...
... rapid growth of the young plants , which they have sheltered through the winter . What a beautiful system of mutual aid and depend- ence is every where conspicuous . All created things minister to the public good ; all cheerfully repay ...
Pàgina 62
... rapid flowing of clear waters , the rust- ling of the leaves , and the gentle whispers of the wind . There was no singing of birds among the branches , nor humming of bees around the hive , nor the pleasant lowing of cattle on the hills ...
... rapid flowing of clear waters , the rust- ling of the leaves , and the gentle whispers of the wind . There was no singing of birds among the branches , nor humming of bees around the hive , nor the pleasant lowing of cattle on the hills ...
Pàgina 71
... rapid sickle as it cut down the ripened ears . It was a scene not readily to be forgotten . Very often since has the moon lighted up my own calm valley , and shone bright upon its silvery mists ; very often too have I watched its ...
... rapid sickle as it cut down the ripened ears . It was a scene not readily to be forgotten . Very often since has the moon lighted up my own calm valley , and shone bright upon its silvery mists ; very often too have I watched its ...
Pàgina 74
... rapid circuit round the sun . It consists of two concentric and detached rings , the inner- most of which is nearly three times broader than the out- ward one , and measures in its circumference six hundred and forty thousand miles , or ...
... rapid circuit round the sun . It consists of two concentric and detached rings , the inner- most of which is nearly three times broader than the out- ward one , and measures in its circumference six hundred and forty thousand miles , or ...
Pàgina 88
... rapid flight , they are hollow , for the evident purpose of receiving air , and even in those of moderate powers , the same peculiarity is discoverable . The proof of this may be readily obtained , by comparing the structure of one ...
... rapid flight , they are hollow , for the evident purpose of receiving air , and even in those of moderate powers , the same peculiarity is discoverable . The proof of this may be readily obtained , by comparing the structure of one ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 215 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Pàgina 112 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Pàgina 226 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Pàgina 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Pàgina 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Pàgina 46 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Pàgina 193 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Pàgina 194 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Pàgina 61 - 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 and years...
Pàgina 218 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.