Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volume 4Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1839 - Natural theology |
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... Give us this Day our Daily Bread , ” - AGRICULTURE . Agriculture of the Greeks . - Their Harvest , Agriculture of the Romans . - Their Harvest , Progress of British Agriculture , Modern Continental Agriculture , HUMAN CLOTHING . 161 ...
... Give us this Day our Daily Bread , ” - AGRICULTURE . Agriculture of the Greeks . - Their Harvest , Agriculture of the Romans . - Their Harvest , Progress of British Agriculture , Modern Continental Agriculture , HUMAN CLOTHING . 161 ...
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... give forth her superabundant productions before that period when it should be necessary to lay them up for future supply . According to that admirable forethought , which the in- quiring mind never ceases to perceive in the arrangements ...
... give forth her superabundant productions before that period when it should be necessary to lay them up for future supply . According to that admirable forethought , which the in- quiring mind never ceases to perceive in the arrangements ...
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... give it strength , without unduly diminishing its flexibility . So constituted , it is capable of bending without being broken under all common gales of wind , and even under the force of impetuous blasts ; the knots enabling it to ...
... give it strength , without unduly diminishing its flexibility . So constituted , it is capable of bending without being broken under all common gales of wind , and even under the force of impetuous blasts ; the knots enabling it to ...
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... give a kind of sacredness to the feelings connected with the season . 6 But the pleasure which fills every heart in ... gives rise to the purest ingredient in this enjoyment . The sentiment is of a more exalted , because of a benevolent ...
... give a kind of sacredness to the feelings connected with the season . 6 But the pleasure which fills every heart in ... gives rise to the purest ingredient in this enjoyment . The sentiment is of a more exalted , because of a benevolent ...
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... give forth his increased light and warmth at such a time , and in such a degree , as to enable the qualities inherent in the soil beneficially to operate ; and he knows , further , that the seed he sows is gifted with such a property ...
... give forth his increased light and warmth at such a time , and in such a degree , as to enable the qualities inherent in the soil beneficially to operate ; and he knows , further , that the seed he sows is gifted with such a property ...
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SACRED PHILOSOPHY OF THE SEASO, Volume 2 Henry 1774-1846 Duncan,F. W. P. (Francis William Pit Greenwood No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 60 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 60 - rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Page 213 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 98 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 275 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 299 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that boldest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
Page 184 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 157 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 190 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 100 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.