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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... trees , Our ignorance of our future state , The insensible approaches of night , 198 200 202 204 206 209 211 Magnificence of God in his works , The arrangement of the seasons in the other planets , 213 Paternal cares of Providence for ...
... trees , Our ignorance of our future state , The insensible approaches of night , 198 200 202 204 206 209 211 Magnificence of God in his works , The arrangement of the seasons in the other planets , 213 Paternal cares of Providence for ...
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... , the fullest of sensibility , are rarely excited to the sensation of warm gratitude , when they see the trees stripped of their fruit , and the fields . without A 2 without verdure ; when the bleak wind whistles round their JANUARY II . 3.
... , the fullest of sensibility , are rarely excited to the sensation of warm gratitude , when they see the trees stripped of their fruit , and the fields . without A 2 without verdure ; when the bleak wind whistles round their JANUARY II . 3.
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... trees , in old crevices , in hollows of rocks and caves , when the cold obliges them to quit their summer dwelling . It is there , that some carry before - hand the food which is to serve them , and thus live on what they have gathered ...
... trees , in old crevices , in hollows of rocks and caves , when the cold obliges them to quit their summer dwelling . It is there , that some carry before - hand the food which is to serve them , and thus live on what they have gathered ...
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... trees . The little hills and valleys are tinged with the bright reflection of the sun , whose happy influence gives new life to every creature . It seems to in- vite the linnet to quit the groves , and the spar- row to perch from branch ...
... trees . The little hills and valleys are tinged with the bright reflection of the sun , whose happy influence gives new life to every creature . It seems to in- vite the linnet to quit the groves , and the spar- row to perch from branch ...
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... fade . The yew - tree rises like a pyramid , and its leaves preserve their verdure . The weak ivy still creeps along the walls , and clings immoveable , while the tempest roars around it . clings JANUARY VIII . 17 Vegetables,
... fade . The yew - tree rises like a pyramid , and its leaves preserve their verdure . The weak ivy still creeps along the walls , and clings immoveable , while the tempest roars around it . clings JANUARY VIII . 17 Vegetables,
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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...