Benedicite, Or, The Song of the Three Children, Being Illustrations of the Power, Beneficence and Design Manifested by the Creator in His WorksJohn Murray, 1868 - 340 Seiten |
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... called Mercury , the " swift - footed " of mythology . The sun being so near attracts it with prodigious force , and to counteract this destructive tendency a corresponding centrifugal impulse is absolutely necessary . From the strength ...
... called Mercury , the " swift - footed " of mythology . The sun being so near attracts it with prodigious force , and to counteract this destructive tendency a corresponding centrifugal impulse is absolutely necessary . From the strength ...
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... called innumerable ; and , as we glance upwards on a clear , starry night , the twinkling points that meet our gaze in all directions seem to defy enumeration . Yet , strange though it may appear , the sum of all the stars that can be ...
... called innumerable ; and , as we glance upwards on a clear , starry night , the twinkling points that meet our gaze in all directions seem to defy enumeration . Yet , strange though it may appear , the sum of all the stars that can be ...
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... called a photo- meter , can be measured , and adopted as a standard . from which to set out . A star of the 6th magnitude , just visible to the naked eye , is found to have a light 100 times less bright than a Centauri ; and , therefore ...
... called a photo- meter , can be measured , and adopted as a standard . from which to set out . A star of the 6th magnitude , just visible to the naked eye , is found to have a light 100 times less bright than a Centauri ; and , therefore ...
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... called the " voice " of the stars ! Through light alone comes all the knowledge we possess concerning them . Had light been created with less marvellous properties than those it actually possesses , even their existence would have been ...
... called the " voice " of the stars ! Through light alone comes all the knowledge we possess concerning them . Had light been created with less marvellous properties than those it actually possesses , even their existence would have been ...
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... called into existence . To him sun , moon , and stars , silent though they be , will speak a language which he will ever deeply feel even though he may not always comprehend . Nor will they fail , when solemnly invoked in the Service of ...
... called into existence . To him sun , moon , and stars , silent though they be , will speak a language which he will ever deeply feel even though he may not always comprehend . Nor will they fail , when solemnly invoked in the Service of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 296 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Seite 335 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens : Praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : Praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 117 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Seite 77 - The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Seite 336 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps : Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word : Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 286 - And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Seite 91 - own; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Heavens, bless ye the LORD ; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the LORD : praise him, and magnify him for ever.
Seite 297 - 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.
Seite 296 - Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.