Scripture Natural History for Youth, Volume 2H. Fisher, Son, & P. Jackson, 1828 - 668 pages |
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... supply of food is abundant , and not until then , do these birds begin preparations for rearing a progeny ; and in this respect they furnish an example of prudence worthy the imitation of the human race , who too often enter on the ...
... supply of food is abundant , and not until then , do these birds begin preparations for rearing a progeny ; and in this respect they furnish an example of prudence worthy the imitation of the human race , who too often enter on the ...
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... supply was established , Exod . xvi . 3 , 13. The people accused Moses and Aaron of bringing them into the wilderness to perish with hunger . Their murmurs in this instance were dis- trustful . They had not indeed received a miraculous ...
... supply was established , Exod . xvi . 3 , 13. The people accused Moses and Aaron of bringing them into the wilderness to perish with hunger . Their murmurs in this instance were dis- trustful . They had not indeed received a miraculous ...
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... supply granted . Moses was commanded to speak to them , saying , " At even ye shall eat flesh , and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God ; and it came to pass , that at even the ...
... supply granted . Moses was commanded to speak to them , saying , " At even ye shall eat flesh , and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God ; and it came to pass , that at even the ...
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... supply of quails ; manna , the bread of heaven , had been regu- larly rained down about their tents , an abundant supply , and suited to every taste and to every consti- tution ; so that all were preserved in health , and there was not ...
... supply of quails ; manna , the bread of heaven , had been regu- larly rained down about their tents , an abundant supply , and suited to every taste and to every consti- tution ; so that all were preserved in health , and there was not ...
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... supplies to the muscular parts the requisite warmth and vigour . For the purposes of motion , fishes possess neither arms , legs , nor wings , yet the want of all is supplied by a singular and appropriate apparatus , viz . fins , which ...
... supplies to the muscular parts the requisite warmth and vigour . For the purposes of motion , fishes possess neither arms , legs , nor wings , yet the want of all is supplied by a singular and appropriate apparatus , viz . fins , which ...
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Page 301 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 572 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 460 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 370 - For every kind of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 557 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 305 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 294 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 540 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 539 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Page 598 - The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.