Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Volume 1 |
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... snow gives to the earth Contemplation of the starry heavens Discoveries made by means of the microscope The advantages of night . Reflections on myself . The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold The repose of nature during winter . The ...
... snow gives to the earth Contemplation of the starry heavens Discoveries made by means of the microscope The advantages of night . Reflections on myself . The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold The repose of nature during winter . The ...
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... snow 63 65 74 76 79 មុ ឌ ន 。 ឌ ៩ ន ទ ទ 82 87 90 92 · 95 97 99 . 101 . 103 . 105 . 108 110 . 112 · A short history of the creation Bodily advantages the beasts have over us The moon . . The rain waters the earth , and makes it ...
... snow 63 65 74 76 79 មុ ឌ ន 。 ឌ ៩ ន ទ ទ 82 87 90 92 · 95 97 99 . 101 . 103 . 105 . 108 110 . 112 · A short history of the creation Bodily advantages the beasts have over us The moon . . The rain waters the earth , and makes it ...
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... pleasures within my reach : if I find a taste for the contemplation of the works of God in nature , the stormy sky , the fields covered with snow , and a thousand other phenomena of win- ter 10 Jan. 5 . STURM'S REFLECTIONS .
... pleasures within my reach : if I find a taste for the contemplation of the works of God in nature , the stormy sky , the fields covered with snow , and a thousand other phenomena of win- ter 10 Jan. 5 . STURM'S REFLECTIONS .
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Christoph Christian Sturm. snow , and a thousand other phenomena of win- ter , will serve at once to amuse my mind , and to increase my devotion . For , in winter also , the works of the Lord are great : and he who will reflect upon them ...
Christoph Christian Sturm. snow , and a thousand other phenomena of win- ter , will serve at once to amuse my mind , and to increase my devotion . For , in winter also , the works of the Lord are great : and he who will reflect upon them ...
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... snow and ice . Several sorts of insects in winter , con . fined to marshes , and frozen rivers , are deprived of food for that time , and still preserve life . Per- haps , also , many means , made use of by Provi dence for the ...
... snow and ice . Several sorts of insects in winter , con . fined to marshes , and frozen rivers , are deprived of food for that time , and still preserve life . Per- haps , also , many means , made use of by Provi dence for the ...
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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.