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... , no greater blessing can man receive , or God bestow . " PHILADELPHIA : ROBERT E. PETERSON , NORTH - WEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND ARCH STREETS . GEOLOGY , in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects 1850 . Alpha Mu Ar society.
... , no greater blessing can man receive , or God bestow . " PHILADELPHIA : ROBERT E. PETERSON , NORTH - WEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND ARCH STREETS . GEOLOGY , in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects 1850 . Alpha Mu Ar society.
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John Pye Smith. GEOLOGY , in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects which it treats , undoubtedly ranks , in the scale of the sciences , next to Astronomy , SIR JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL . The conclusions of GEOLOGY have lent , in fact , a ...
John Pye Smith. GEOLOGY , in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects which it treats , undoubtedly ranks , in the scale of the sciences , next to Astronomy , SIR JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL . The conclusions of GEOLOGY have lent , in fact , a ...
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... Object , design , utility , and importance of geological science . Re- quisites and method of the study . Harmony of all science with the announcements of Revelation . Truth . Evidence . The world . The SUPREME BEING . Accountableness ...
... Object , design , utility , and importance of geological science . Re- quisites and method of the study . Harmony of all science with the announcements of Revelation . Truth . Evidence . The world . The SUPREME BEING . Accountableness ...
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... objects . General rule of interpretation hence derived . Prejudices of former interpreters , both Romanist and Protestant . Galileo . Milton . Su- perior advantages of the Christian dispensation . PART II . Page 184 . Application of the ...
... objects . General rule of interpretation hence derived . Prejudices of former interpreters , both Romanist and Protestant . Galileo . Milton . Su- perior advantages of the Christian dispensation . PART II . Page 184 . Application of the ...
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... object ; and with a noble disinterest- edness , they communicate the results of their untiring exertions . Those results are , by themselves and other qualified persons , brought together , scrutinized , compared , connected ; and then ...
... object ; and with a noble disinterest- edness , they communicate the results of their untiring exertions . Those results are , by themselves and other qualified persons , brought together , scrutinized , compared , connected ; and then ...
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Page xii - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page xi - PRAIsE ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Page 182 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Page 170 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 163 - Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Page 211 - God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.
Page 171 - Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 168 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 215 - I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things...
Page 133 - A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.