Sturm's Reflections on the works of God (from the Germ.). |
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... Creation . Wonders which God daily effects in the Creation Digestion of Food • • The Prevalence of Good in the World greater than 139 141 · 143 145 146 • 147 that of Evil Enmity between Animals Moral Uses of Night 149 151 154 Of Man's ...
... Creation . Wonders which God daily effects in the Creation Digestion of Food • • The Prevalence of Good in the World greater than 139 141 · 143 145 146 • 147 that of Evil Enmity between Animals Moral Uses of Night 149 151 154 Of Man's ...
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... Creation Laws of Inertia Wants of Men Hymn upon the Power and Providence of God A Hymn of Praise Marine Animals The Wisdom of God in connecting the different Parts 213 215 • 216 219 221 · 224 225 226 of Nature 227 Reflections upon the ...
... Creation Laws of Inertia Wants of Men Hymn upon the Power and Providence of God A Hymn of Praise Marine Animals The Wisdom of God in connecting the different Parts 213 215 • 216 219 221 · 224 225 226 of Nature 227 Reflections upon the ...
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... Creation of the World , and of the Human Race 286 · The Use of Wood 288 Remarkable Properties of certain Animals 289 Formation of Snow . 291 Winter Plants 292 Exhortation to remember the Poor during the Seve- rity of Winter 294 Nature ...
... Creation of the World , and of the Human Race 286 · The Use of Wood 288 Remarkable Properties of certain Animals 289 Formation of Snow . 291 Winter Plants 292 Exhortation to remember the Poor during the Seve- rity of Winter 294 Nature ...
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... creation , and without the pain of anti- cipating evil . JULY VI . Diversity of Pleasures in Nature . To whatever part of the creation we direct our view we find something to interest and gratify either our senses , our ima- gination ...
... creation , and without the pain of anti- cipating evil . JULY VI . Diversity of Pleasures in Nature . To whatever part of the creation we direct our view we find something to interest and gratify either our senses , our ima- gination ...
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... creation . During the lapse of so many ages , she has , in one regular and constant course , completed her revolution in twenty- seven days and eight hours . Regularly and at the same periods she has enlightened at one time our nights ...
... creation . During the lapse of so many ages , she has , in one regular and constant course , completed her revolution in twenty- seven days and eight hours . Regularly and at the same periods she has enlightened at one time our nights ...
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Página 249 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Página 227 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 227 - O Lord, how manifold are, thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Página 215 - We no longer see the trees rich in blossom, nor the spring gay with verdure : the magnificence of summer, displayed in a thousand variations of colours, whose richness is relieved by the beautiful green of the meadows and waving groves, is no more ; the purple hue of the vine has faded, and the gilded ears no longer ornament the fields. The last leaves of the trees are falling; the pines, the elms, and the oaks, bend beneath the blasts of the fierce north wind ; and the fields which have lavished...
Página 21 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever.
Página 15 - Hence proceed the different colours of the rainbow : they are seven in number, and appear in the following order; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These colours appear the more vivid as the cloud-s which are behind are darker, and the drops of rain fall closer. The drops...
Página 202 - These vessels gradually enlarge in size till they form very large tubes, which return the blood back to the right ventricle of the heart. The blood is then propelled into the pulmonary artery, which disperses it through the lungs by innumerable small branches. It is there exposed to the action of the air, is afterward received by the pulmonary veins, and by them is conveyed to the left auricle of the heart.
Página 184 - When, therefore, at the time that the branches still daily grow, the stalks of the leaves do not increase, their fibres must necessarily be detached from the . fibres of the branches, and consequently the leaves will then fall. But we must not, suppose that these fallen leaves are entirely lost, and no longer useful : both reason and experience inform us to the contrary. Nothing perishes, nothing is useless in the world, consequently the leaves which fall from trees and plants...