Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Volume 1 |
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... beauty from us . In every part of nature there shines some ray of the divine wisdom , and still more in what is concealed from us . We do not trace her through all her ways , and we are only attentive to what strikes our senses , and ...
... beauty from us . In every part of nature there shines some ray of the divine wisdom , and still more in what is concealed from us . We do not trace her through all her ways , and we are only attentive to what strikes our senses , and ...
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... beauty is of short duration ; but virtue has charms which survive every thing . The man who fears the Lord , is " like a tree planted by the side of a rivulet . It grows and flourishes , and its branches extend far off . It bears fruit ...
... beauty is of short duration ; but virtue has charms which survive every thing . The man who fears the Lord , is " like a tree planted by the side of a rivulet . It grows and flourishes , and its branches extend far off . It bears fruit ...
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... beauty of my body fade , like a summer flower . Happy , then , if I have no reason to regret the loss of it . Happy , if I find myself adorned with those attractions which have their source from wisdom and vir tue , and which will not ...
... beauty of my body fade , like a summer flower . Happy , then , if I have no reason to regret the loss of it . Happy , if I find myself adorned with those attractions which have their source from wisdom and vir tue , and which will not ...
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... beauty of the country I was born in , excite me to study and reflect upon thy works and thy blessings ; and may I one day arrive at that heavenly habitation which our Saviour has prepared for us , and where I shall adore , with all the ...
... beauty of the country I was born in , excite me to study and reflect upon thy works and thy blessings ; and may I one day arrive at that heavenly habitation which our Saviour has prepared for us , and where I shall adore , with all the ...
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... beauty enchants me . How- ever , all beautiful as it is , and richly adorned , yet is this sky void of intelligence . It knows not its own beauty ; while I , mere , clay , whom God has moulded with his hands , am endowed with sense and ...
... beauty enchants me . How- ever , all beautiful as it is , and richly adorned , yet is this sky void of intelligence . It knows not its own beauty ; while I , mere , clay , whom God has moulded with his hands , am endowed with sense and ...
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Page 290 - 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 325 - ... 0 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? 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 47 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 258 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 46 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Page 46 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Page 45 - 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 47 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 306 - I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King ; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Page 258 - For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.