Geological Confirmations of the Truth of Scripture, drawn from the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation [by Robert Chambers]; with a refutation of the theory of creation and moral principles contained in that publicationW. G. Blackie & Company, 1850 - 103 páginas |
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... discover the mysteries of their constitution ; endeavour to find out the most universal laws to which their changes and revolu- tions can be reduced ; for all such knowledge tends to disclose some portion of the unfathomable depths of ...
... discover the mysteries of their constitution ; endeavour to find out the most universal laws to which their changes and revolu- tions can be reduced ; for all such knowledge tends to disclose some portion of the unfathomable depths of ...
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... discover . ' ' His illustrations were chiefly of the following nature . The bird , which is attracted to the water by necessity of seeking for its food , wishes to move about on the surface of the flood , and for this purpose strikes ...
... discover . ' ' His illustrations were chiefly of the following nature . The bird , which is attracted to the water by necessity of seeking for its food , wishes to move about on the surface of the flood , and for this purpose strikes ...
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... discover it , The thunderstorm , tornado , earthquake , pestilence , as well as the wildest flights of fancy , are generally thought to be under unchangeable law , and that the laws which govern each may yet be discovered . This is in ...
... discover it , The thunderstorm , tornado , earthquake , pestilence , as well as the wildest flights of fancy , are generally thought to be under unchangeable law , and that the laws which govern each may yet be discovered . This is in ...
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... discover their use , and cultivate them with care . Bible . Cultivate them as much as you please , they will never be better than they are - briers and poisonous plants . If you wish to see your land productive , root them out , and ...
... discover their use , and cultivate them with care . Bible . Cultivate them as much as you please , they will never be better than they are - briers and poisonous plants . If you wish to see your land productive , root them out , and ...
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Página 28 - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Página 43 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Página 20 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; 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.
Página 30 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make • the stars thereof dark • I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Página 47 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 54 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Página 76 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Página 59 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...
Página 102 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Página 61 - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?