Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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Page 84
... is sublimely exempted , no less by the perfection of His nature than by the unapproachable height of His position . The most angry RETRIBUTION NOT REVENGE . 85 assailant cannot endanger His throne 84 THE GREAT WHITE THRONE .
... is sublimely exempted , no less by the perfection of His nature than by the unapproachable height of His position . The most angry RETRIBUTION NOT REVENGE . 85 assailant cannot endanger His throne 84 THE GREAT WHITE THRONE .
Page 114
... ideas of the ways of Him whose glory is no less displayed in the construction of an animalcule than in the creation of a solar system . P. H. G. PAPERS ON THE AIR AND SKY . OUR ATMOSPHERIC FOOD 114 LIFE , IN ITS LOWER FORMS .
... ideas of the ways of Him whose glory is no less displayed in the construction of an animalcule than in the creation of a solar system . P. H. G. PAPERS ON THE AIR AND SKY . OUR ATMOSPHERIC FOOD 114 LIFE , IN ITS LOWER FORMS .
Page 116
... less than a miracle . Yet here in the growth of a plant we have the wonder constantly recurring . We know it to be the work of the Divine Architect ; but whence the materials ? The full - grown hyacinth was not contained in the bulb ...
... less than a miracle . Yet here in the growth of a plant we have the wonder constantly recurring . We know it to be the work of the Divine Architect ; but whence the materials ? The full - grown hyacinth was not contained in the bulb ...
Page 130
... less sumptuously attired than many of its kindred . Gould very frequently encountered it in the natural state , and has described its manners with his usual intelligence and precision . Whether the power of perching is entirely denied ...
... less sumptuously attired than many of its kindred . Gould very frequently encountered it in the natural state , and has described its manners with his usual intelligence and precision . Whether the power of perching is entirely denied ...
Page 132
... less we feel ourselves inclined ever to write again . In Mr. Ruskin's charming and most instructive work , the " Stones of Venice , " we are told that there is no law in art more severely without exception than the connexion of pure ...
... less we feel ourselves inclined ever to write again . In Mr. Ruskin's charming and most instructive work , the " Stones of Venice , " we are told that there is no law in art more severely without exception than the connexion of pure ...
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Page 392 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 81 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 414 - And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Page 415 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick : 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Page 283 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 268 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 323 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Page 120 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 143 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 204 - Seeing then that we have a great High-priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.