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... means employed in those ages for transmitting to posterity the knowledge of events that had hereto- fore happened . If then all the extraordinary facts de- tailed in the book of Genesis , had no other authority than uninterrupted ...
... means employed in those ages for transmitting to posterity the knowledge of events that had hereto- fore happened . If then all the extraordinary facts de- tailed in the book of Genesis , had no other authority than uninterrupted ...
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... means , or employ any lengthened process to com- plete the purpose which he had conceived , but merely spake , and by an instantaneous act of his will , effected the wonderful event , which is here mentioned . It has been asked , how ...
... means , or employ any lengthened process to com- plete the purpose which he had conceived , but merely spake , and by an instantaneous act of his will , effected the wonderful event , which is here mentioned . It has been asked , how ...
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... ceptible by the organs of sight and touch . By means of light we are enabled to perceive forms and colours , and to feel also the sensation of heat . The utility of this natu ral agent is truly wonderful , and is here simply 12 LECTURE I.
... ceptible by the organs of sight and touch . By means of light we are enabled to perceive forms and colours , and to feel also the sensation of heat . The utility of this natu ral agent is truly wonderful , and is here simply 12 LECTURE I.
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... means we know , that there is great diversity in the qualities of its surface ; that its vegetative powers are more prolific in the temperate regions , where a due degree of heat and moisture prevails , and that they are more barren in ...
... means we know , that there is great diversity in the qualities of its surface ; that its vegetative powers are more prolific in the temperate regions , where a due degree of heat and moisture prevails , and that they are more barren in ...
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... means of it , those innu- merable songsters of the grove partake along with man of the plentiful stores provided for them : all these wait on God , " and he giveth them their meat in due season , he openeth his hand , and satisfieth the ...
... means of it , those innu- merable songsters of the grove partake along with man of the plentiful stores provided for them : all these wait on God , " and he giveth them their meat in due season , he openeth his hand , and satisfieth the ...
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Page 22 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 47 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 47 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 67 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 1 - Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
Page 43 - And 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 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 22 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 56 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 48 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be for meat.
Page 22 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.