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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... while illustrations abound on every side , I fear lest I should select some examples where others ought to have been preferred , -not because they are more wonderful or more perfect , but because they are God magnified in his Works . 13.
... while illustrations abound on every side , I fear lest I should select some examples where others ought to have been preferred , -not because they are more wonderful or more perfect , but because they are God magnified in his Works . 13.
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... side is turned towards us ; but during nearly all the rest of her circuit she reflects a portion of the light received from the sun , and cheers our nights with brightness . The actual amount of light thus transmitted is small when ...
... side is turned towards us ; but during nearly all the rest of her circuit she reflects a portion of the light received from the sun , and cheers our nights with brightness . The actual amount of light thus transmitted is small when ...
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... side of the moon , notwithstanding her rotation . As the moon revolves only once on her axis in the course of a month , it follows that during half of that time each hemisphere is turned towards the sun , and during the other half it is ...
... side of the moon , notwithstanding her rotation . As the moon revolves only once on her axis in the course of a month , it follows that during half of that time each hemisphere is turned towards the sun , and during the other half it is ...
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... side . next the sun is brightened , while the side turned away from it still remains in shade . Lastly , as the sun ad- vances , the western slope becomes illuminated , and the eastern in its turn passes into darkness . From the almost ...
... side . next the sun is brightened , while the side turned away from it still remains in shade . Lastly , as the sun ad- vances , the western slope becomes illuminated , and the eastern in its turn passes into darkness . From the almost ...
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... side - a door or a lamp - post - the angular direction or parallax of the object changes at every moment . If we sail down a river , and fix our eyes on some church spire at a distance from its bank , we find that the direction in which ...
... side - a door or a lamp - post - the angular direction or parallax of the object changes at every moment . If we sail down a river , and fix our eyes on some church spire at a distance from its bank , we find that the direction in which ...
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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.