Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volume 1D. Shaw and Company, 1800 |
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... infinite num- ber of the same flakes which fall from the air.- What an agreeable sight , to see the hill , the forest , and and the groves , clothed with a dazzling splendour ! JANUARY VII . 15 The pleasures of winter, ring winter,
... infinite num- ber of the same flakes which fall from the air.- What an agreeable sight , to see the hill , the forest , and and the groves , clothed with a dazzling splendour ! JANUARY VII . 15 The pleasures of winter, ring winter,
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... infinite in wisdom , goodness , and power , who has created the world , and who directs every event in it . Of the great number of wonders of which he is author , I will now mention one only ; and though it hap- pens pens daily , it ...
... infinite in wisdom , goodness , and power , who has created the world , and who directs every event in it . Of the great number of wonders of which he is author , I will now mention one only ; and though it hap- pens pens daily , it ...
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... infinite number of animals . Nature is always active , even when she appears to us to rest ; and she is doing us real services , when she seems to refuse it . Let us admire , in this , the tender care of the divine Providence . Behold ...
... infinite number of animals . Nature is always active , even when she appears to us to rest ; and she is doing us real services , when she seems to refuse it . Let us admire , in this , the tender care of the divine Providence . Behold ...
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... infinite wisdom , power , and goodness of our adorable Creator . Let us stop here , then , and reflect how great must be that being who has created these immense globes ! " who has regulated their course , and whose mighty hand directs ...
... infinite wisdom , power , and goodness of our adorable Creator . Let us stop here , then , and reflect how great must be that being who has created these immense globes ! " who has regulated their course , and whose mighty hand directs ...
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... infinite num ber of planets and stars ; nor could the pilot make use of the northern star , if it was always day- light : Considered in another way , night still ap- pears to me a benefit to mankind , in lessening our wants , and in ...
... infinite num ber of planets and stars ; nor could the pilot make use of the northern star , if it was always day- light : Considered in another way , night still ap- pears to me a benefit to mankind , in lessening our wants , and in ...
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Page 276 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 47 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 49 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 48 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 46 - And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 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 49 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 48 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: Which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Page 47 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 48 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Page 257 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...