The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and RevealedGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 502 pages |
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... hold , that the days of creation were not natural , but prophetic days , and stretched far back into the bygone eternity . After in some degree committing myself to the other side , I have yielded to evidence which I found it impossible ...
... hold , that the days of creation were not natural , but prophetic days , and stretched far back into the bygone eternity . After in some degree committing myself to the other side , I have yielded to evidence which I found it impossible ...
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... hold of him , and stood out before his eye in all that appalling magnitude in which such an imagination as his alone could picture it . It was mostly at night that these wild paroxysms of the brain visited him ; but up till last Monday ...
... hold of him , and stood out before his eye in all that appalling magnitude in which such an imagination as his alone could picture it . It was mostly at night that these wild paroxysms of the brain visited him ; but up till last Monday ...
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... hold ; - amid the ruins of the intellect , that tender heart remaining still un- broken ! These last lines remain as the surest evidence of the mys- terious power that laid his spirit prostrate , and of the noble elements of which that ...
... hold ; - amid the ruins of the intellect , that tender heart remaining still un- broken ! These last lines remain as the surest evidence of the mys- terious power that laid his spirit prostrate , and of the noble elements of which that ...
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... holds in the affections of so many of our fellow - countrymen . - But Mr. Miller was far more than a Free Churchman , and did for the Christianity of his country and the world a far , higher service than any which in that simple ...
... holds in the affections of so many of our fellow - countrymen . - But Mr. Miller was far more than a Free Churchman , and did for the Christianity of his country and the world a far , higher service than any which in that simple ...
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... hold of a handful of ivy or laurel leaves , and gently strewed them upon the grave , while the tearful eye eloquently spoke of the strength of his feelings . So passed away one of whom Dr. Chalmers made the remark that " since Scott's ...
... hold of a handful of ivy or laurel leaves , and gently strewed them upon the grave , while the tearful eye eloquently spoke of the strength of his feelings . So passed away one of whom Dr. Chalmers made the remark that " since Scott's ...
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Page 138 - Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Page 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 268 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 233 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 261 - The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Page 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 138 - Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...
Page 263 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 139 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.