The Creation: A Series of Letters from a Father to His ChildrenSamuel Bagster and Sons, 1844 - 398 pages |
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... brought forth some fresh theme of instruction , and new fields have been opened out to meet the increased desire for knowledge : but still the theme is inexhaustible . It is now many years since the writer of the following letters had ...
... brought forth some fresh theme of instruction , and new fields have been opened out to meet the increased desire for knowledge : but still the theme is inexhaustible . It is now many years since the writer of the following letters had ...
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... brought to him the sixth day , is not revealed . Their oneness is strikingly shown in the words , " Male and female created he them , and blessed them , and called their name ADAM , in the day they were created . " It is quite true that ...
... brought to him the sixth day , is not revealed . Their oneness is strikingly shown in the words , " Male and female created he them , and blessed them , and called their name ADAM , in the day they were created . " It is quite true that ...
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... brought before the youthful mind , in the plainest language : the difficult terms of science are as much as possible avoided , or , when of necessity used , they are explained . The subject of Geology is not entered on in these Letters ...
... brought before the youthful mind , in the plainest language : the difficult terms of science are as much as possible avoided , or , when of necessity used , they are explained . The subject of Geology is not entered on in these Letters ...
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... brought before us is full of instruction . The Lord , for wise purposes , had afflicted his servant Job , but he had failed to discern the hand of God in the affliction ; and , at last , the Lord is represented coming in great ...
... brought before us is full of instruction . The Lord , for wise purposes , had afflicted his servant Job , but he had failed to discern the hand of God in the affliction ; and , at last , the Lord is represented coming in great ...
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... brought before us in the verse I have selected for the motto of this Letter ; from which it is plain that the almighty Agent in Creation was the Son of God , of whom St. John says , " In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was ...
... brought before us in the verse I have selected for the motto of this Letter ; from which it is plain that the almighty Agent in Creation was the Son of God , of whom St. John says , " In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was ...
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Page 49 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 356 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 359 - No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 79 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 369 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 244 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; They shall run, and not be weary ; And...
Page 92 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 47 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.
Page 46 - God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 240 - And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.