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... Change of Seasons • 132 133 Every Thing created has its Use Harmony between the Moral and Physical World Of the Nature and Properties of Air Nothing new under the Sun Of Caves found in Mountains Circulation of Sap in Trees Ignorance of ...
... Change of Seasons • 132 133 Every Thing created has its Use Harmony between the Moral and Physical World Of the Nature and Properties of Air Nothing new under the Sun Of Caves found in Mountains Circulation of Sap in Trees Ignorance of ...
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... changes which occur in surrounding bodies , as well as an acquaintance with the thoughts of other men . We find ... change that man can devise will be of benefit to him , so admirably is the human frame organized - so wisely is it ...
... changes which occur in surrounding bodies , as well as an acquaintance with the thoughts of other men . We find ... change that man can devise will be of benefit to him , so admirably is the human frame organized - so wisely is it ...
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... changes of the temperature of the air , of cold , of heat , of moisture , and of dryness , could not have occurred . If we consider the immense body of the earth and its ex- cellent degree of consistence , neither too hard nor too soft ...
... changes of the temperature of the air , of cold , of heat , of moisture , and of dryness , could not have occurred . If we consider the immense body of the earth and its ex- cellent degree of consistence , neither too hard nor too soft ...
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... change of voice . Having thus generally considered the parts necessary to the formation of the voice , let us reflect a ... changes of nature at this season , to be led to reflect upon the wonders of God whose glory shines now equally ...
... change of voice . Having thus generally considered the parts necessary to the formation of the voice , let us reflect a ... changes of nature at this season , to be led to reflect upon the wonders of God whose glory shines now equally ...
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... change , which you will find to be for the benefit of the whole creation . If , from the contraction of your mind , the narrow limits of your faculties , you can scarcely comprehend the smallest part of the designs of God , let it ...
... change , which you will find to be for the benefit of the whole creation . If , from the contraction of your mind , the narrow limits of your faculties , you can scarcely comprehend the smallest part of the designs of God , let it ...
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Page 270 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 79 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 28 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 44 - O LORD *~* my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 79 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 80 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 44 - 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 79 - And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 44 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 45 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.