On the Relation Between the Holy Scriptures and Some of Geological ScienceD. Appleton, 1840 - 364 pages |
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... entire domain of Natural History ; it is indissolubly combined with Chemistry , with which it participates in reciprocal advantages of the most impor- tant kind ; it has connexions , which to many have been unexpected , with the sublime ...
... entire domain of Natural History ; it is indissolubly combined with Chemistry , with which it participates in reciprocal advantages of the most impor- tant kind ; it has connexions , which to many have been unexpected , with the sublime ...
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... entire dependence upon an all - comprehending , and all- arranging Intellect . The machine of the universe is thus maintained in being and action , by an intelligent Cause and Preserver . It would involve a contradiction to say that the ...
... entire dependence upon an all - comprehending , and all- arranging Intellect . The machine of the universe is thus maintained in being and action , by an intelligent Cause and Preserver . It would involve a contradiction to say that the ...
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... entire series exist in superposition in any places , it must be on a line of perpendicular descent , under low plains , which would admit of but a trifling depth of penetration , as water must soon fill the shafts , and the utmost depth ...
... entire series exist in superposition in any places , it must be on a line of perpendicular descent , under low plains , which would admit of but a trifling depth of penetration , as water must soon fill the shafts , and the utmost depth ...
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... entire depth ( geologically ) of the stratified masses . The remaining five parts are the Carboniferous , the Devonian ( Old Red Sandstone ) , the Silurian , the Cambrian , the Cumbrian , the Chlorite and Mica Schists , and the Gneiss ...
... entire depth ( geologically ) of the stratified masses . The remaining five parts are the Carboniferous , the Devonian ( Old Red Sandstone ) , the Silurian , the Cambrian , the Cumbrian , the Chlorite and Mica Schists , and the Gneiss ...
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... entire ex- tent first supposed . It is manifest , therefore , that in one part the last stratum will rest upon the foregoing one , which had been long elevated and exposed to causes of change ; and thus the surfaces at the junction will ...
... entire ex- tent first supposed . It is manifest , therefore , that in one part the last stratum will rest upon the foregoing one , which had been long elevated and exposed to causes of change ; and thus the surfaces at the junction will ...
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Page 223 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Page 89 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 257 - God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.
Page 286 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 211 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 91 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 322 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: And I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Page 221 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 247 - Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Page 91 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.