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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... industry , which , in union with liberty , form the distinguishing characteris- tics of our country . Harbors crowded with vessels , that import the produce of distant lands , or distribute on re- mote shores what we have manufactured ...
... industry , which , in union with liberty , form the distinguishing characteris- tics of our country . Harbors crowded with vessels , that import the produce of distant lands , or distribute on re- mote shores what we have manufactured ...
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... industry and contrivance have little power . Not only does the uncivilized Caffre pine under its influence , and draw his famine - belt tighter , as the pinching foe gripes him more closely , but the industrious and ingenious Euro- pean ...
... industry and contrivance have little power . Not only does the uncivilized Caffre pine under its influence , and draw his famine - belt tighter , as the pinching foe gripes him more closely , but the industrious and ingenious Euro- pean ...
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... industry ? Would the farmer , for example , scat- ter the seed in the ground , if he did not expect that the rains of Spring would moisten it , that the sun of Summer would warm it , and that , by these genial influences , acting on a ...
... industry ? Would the farmer , for example , scat- ter the seed in the ground , if he did not expect that the rains of Spring would moisten it , that the sun of Summer would warm it , and that , by these genial influences , acting on a ...
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... industry in any department of art or science . Science , indeed , would have no foundation on which to rest . Its first principles would be destroyed , and it would cease to exist . Nor would it be different with art . On what could 38 ...
... industry in any department of art or science . Science , indeed , would have no foundation on which to rest . Its first principles would be destroyed , and it would cease to exist . Nor would it be different with art . On what could 38 ...
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... industry and ingenuity of maternal zeal , her scanty stock was at last exhausted , and her little ones claimed their accustomed portions in vain . But harvest is at hand ; and , when they cry for food , while her own heart is ready to ...
... industry and ingenuity of maternal zeal , her scanty stock was at last exhausted , and her little ones claimed their accustomed portions in vain . But harvest is at hand ; and , when they cry for food , while her own heart is ready to ...
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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.