Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volume 2D. Shaw and Company, 1800 - Devotional exercises |
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... adore that divine hand , with sentiments of admiration , respect , and gratitude . Flowers of the field ! who gave you your magnificent clothing ? How happens it that you were produced out of a little earth and a few drops of water ...
... adore that divine hand , with sentiments of admiration , respect , and gratitude . Flowers of the field ! who gave you your magnificent clothing ? How happens it that you were produced out of a little earth and a few drops of water ...
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... adore that God who is the Author of the sun . Eternal Being ! ( would he cry ) in the beauties of the rising day I acknowledge thy power and wisdom . With the lark , who , tower- ing in the air , salutes the morn , and proclaims its ...
... adore that God who is the Author of the sun . Eternal Being ! ( would he cry ) in the beauties of the rising day I acknowledge thy power and wisdom . With the lark , who , tower- ing in the air , salutes the morn , and proclaims its ...
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... adore that God who constructed the magnificent fabric of the universe , and displayed so much majesty and glory in it ? The heavens declare his greatness , and proclaim him Lord of all the world . All the celestial bodies obey him , and ...
... adore that God who constructed the magnificent fabric of the universe , and displayed so much majesty and glory in it ? The heavens declare his greatness , and proclaim him Lord of all the world . All the celestial bodies obey him , and ...
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... , and yet I can scarce find a sum which comprehends the number of thy creatures . It is impossible to determine it . We have only to admire and adore . C 4 MAY MAY XXIV . SPRING IS AN EMBLEM OF THE FRAILTY MAY XXIII . 55.
... , and yet I can scarce find a sum which comprehends the number of thy creatures . It is impossible to determine it . We have only to admire and adore . C 4 MAY MAY XXIV . SPRING IS AN EMBLEM OF THE FRAILTY MAY XXIII . 55.
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... adore the Supreme Wisdom . If it appears in the celestial bodies , it is no less visible in . the government of rational creatures . The Creator acts , in this re- spect , upon principles equally wise , according to the same laws , and ...
... adore the Supreme Wisdom . If it appears in the celestial bodies , it is no less visible in . the government of rational creatures . The Creator acts , in this re- spect , upon principles equally wise , according to the same laws , and ...
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Page 66 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 66 - For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 40 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 276 - In the morning it is green and groweth up, but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Page 27 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 96 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee...
Page 20 - ... and hind part of the head. Towards the end of the fourth day, the two auricles, already visible, draw nearer to the heart than they did before.
Page 45 - I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King ; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Page 20 - ... it evidently moves itself. — The feathers begin to shoot out towards the 240th hour, and the skull becomes gristly. At the 264th the eyes appear. At the 288th, the ribs are perfect. At the 331st, the spleen draws near to the stomach, and the lungs to the chest.
Page 68 - Behold the fowls of the air ; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.