Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volume 1D. Shaw and Company, 1800 - Devotional calendars |
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... motion of the earth , The immense riches of nature , 215 217 220 222 Sun - rise , 224 Wonderful construction of the ear , 227 230 232 234 236 238 Necessity The milky way , Reflections on the seeds of plants , The blue colour of the sky ...
... motion of the earth , The immense riches of nature , 215 217 220 222 Sun - rise , 224 Wonderful construction of the ear , 227 230 232 234 236 238 Necessity The milky way , Reflections on the seeds of plants , The blue colour of the sky ...
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... motion , and existence . If my breath is not yet stopped ; if my blood still circulates ; if my limbs have not yet lost their activity ; if the organs of my senses have preser- ved their play ; if , in this instant , I have the fa ...
... motion , and existence . If my breath is not yet stopped ; if my blood still circulates ; if my limbs have not yet lost their activity ; if the organs of my senses have preser- ved their play ; if , in this instant , I have the fa ...
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... motions of our muscles , the first sleep after we were born would have deliver- ed us into the arms of death . Let us reflect attentively on all these things , and our own hearts will point to us the duties we ought to fulfil towards so ...
... motions of our muscles , the first sleep after we were born would have deliver- ed us into the arms of death . Let us reflect attentively on all these things , and our own hearts will point to us the duties we ought to fulfil towards so ...
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... motion , my soul receives the idea of a sound . By this means , I have a perception of a thousand changes which happen around me , and even of the thoughts of other men . I expe rience every moment , that , as soon as my soul wishes it ...
... motion , my soul receives the idea of a sound . By this means , I have a perception of a thousand changes which happen around me , and even of the thoughts of other men . I expe rience every moment , that , as soon as my soul wishes it ...
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... motions and func- tions , it was necessary , for the subsistence of the machine , that its losses should be repaired ; there- fore , other parts , besides those already mentioned , were necessary ; some to receive the nourishment ...
... motions and func- tions , it was necessary , for the subsistence of the machine , that its losses should be repaired ; there- fore , other parts , besides those already mentioned , were necessary ; some to receive the nourishment ...
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Page 276 - 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 47 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 49 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 48 - 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 46 - And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 49 - 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 48 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: Which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Page 47 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 48 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Page 257 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...