A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 Seiten |
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... earth ! " — Psal . cxiii . Page 5 , 6 . • 94 DISCOURSE IV . ON THE KNOwledge of MAN'S MORAL HISTORY IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION . " Which things the angels desire to look into . " - 1 Pet . i . 12. . DISCOURSE V. · 126 ON THE ...
... earth ! " — Psal . cxiii . Page 5 , 6 . • 94 DISCOURSE IV . ON THE KNOwledge of MAN'S MORAL HISTORY IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION . " Which things the angels desire to look into . " - 1 Pet . i . 12. . DISCOURSE V. · 126 ON THE ...
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... earth , and rise in lofty abstraction above this little theatre of human passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstacy of its thoughts , to distant and unexplored regions . It ...
... earth , and rise in lofty abstraction above this little theatre of human passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstacy of its thoughts , to distant and unexplored regions . It ...
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... earth , only from the immensity of their dis- tance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredi- ble . For remember that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity ...
... earth , only from the immensity of their dis- tance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredi- ble . For remember that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity ...
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... earth would either be invisible , or appear as small as any of those twinkling stars which are seen on the canopy of heaven . Why then suppose that this little spot , little at least in the immensity which surrounds it , should be the ...
... earth would either be invisible , or appear as small as any of those twinkling stars which are seen on the canopy of heaven . Why then suppose that this little spot , little at least in the immensity which surrounds it , should be the ...
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... earth alone , belongs the bloom of vegetation , or the blessed- ness of life , or the dignity of rational and im- mortal existence ? But this is not all . We have something more than the mere magnitude of the planets to allege , in ...
... earth alone , belongs the bloom of vegetation , or the blessed- ness of life , or the dignity of rational and im- mortal existence ? But this is not all . We have something more than the mere magnitude of the planets to allege , in ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amongst angels argument ascendency assertion astronomical objection astronomy attri behold Bible boards bosom carry ceive character charm Christ Christianity conceive contemplation creation darkness Deity devil DISCOURSE distant Divinity doctrine dominions earth Edinburgh elevated eternity evidence expatiate faculties faith fancy feel field fixed stars gather give Glasgow glory Godhead Gospel hath heart heaven Holy human humble immensity impression Infidel influence inhabitants insignificant Jesus JOHN HATCHARD light limits lofty look Lord magnificence magnitude majesty ment mighty mind moral movement myste mysterious nature never Newton objection observation philosophy planetary planetary system planets Price principle racter redemption regions religion revelation Satan scene sensibilities Sermon single solitary species spirit splendour spread sublime taste tell tenderness things Thomas Hopkirk thou thou art mindful thought throne tion truth universe unsearchable unto visible whole WILLIAM WHYTE wisdom wonderful wondrous word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Seite 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Seite 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Seite 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Seite 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Seite 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Seite 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Seite 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Seite 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Seite 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?