On the relation between the holy Scriptures and some parts of geological science. With a short sketch of the literary life of the author, by J.H. Davies1852 |
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... ancient dynasties wear the aspect of upstart and ephemeral groups ; the fabrics of human power , the gorgeous temple , the monumental bronze , the regal pyramid , sink into in- significance beside the mighty sarcophagi of the brutes ...
... ancient dynasties wear the aspect of upstart and ephemeral groups ; the fabrics of human power , the gorgeous temple , the monumental bronze , the regal pyramid , sink into in- significance beside the mighty sarcophagi of the brutes ...
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... ancient mountains , and for the precious things of the lasting hills , and for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof . Change in the material universe , constant , but according to law . A series of Propositions ...
... ancient mountains , and for the precious things of the lasting hills , and for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof . Change in the material universe , constant , but according to law . A series of Propositions ...
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... Ancient Glaciers , and their Effects . 400 I , referred to at page 134 . Mr. Hartley's Account of Christian Piety in the Puy de Dome K , referred to at page 139 . On the Volcanic District of Auvergne On the Longevity of Trees • L ...
... Ancient Glaciers , and their Effects . 400 I , referred to at page 134 . Mr. Hartley's Account of Christian Piety in the Puy de Dome K , referred to at page 139 . On the Volcanic District of Auvergne On the Longevity of Trees • L ...
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... ancient Non- conformity and the more modern Dissent . In the year 1800 , the Chair of Theology in the college at Homerton became vacant , and to that post , the highest which , among his own party could be occupied by any of its ...
... ancient Non- conformity and the more modern Dissent . In the year 1800 , the Chair of Theology in the college at Homerton became vacant , and to that post , the highest which , among his own party could be occupied by any of its ...
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... ancient tomes in which the fathers of the church had discussed the sublimest questions of morals and theology ; solacing his over - wrought mind , in hours of weari- ness , by the perusal of some world - honoured epic ; -it may be truly ...
... ancient tomes in which the fathers of the church had discussed the sublimest questions of morals and theology ; solacing his over - wrought mind , in hours of weari- ness , by the perusal of some world - honoured epic ; -it may be truly ...
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Página 92 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 223 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Página 225 - I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people : Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great
Página 239 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Página 233 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Página 225 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Página 285 - I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things...
Página 394 - The other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
Página 223 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Página 280 - God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.