Reasons for the Hope that is in Us: A Series of Essays on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, the Immortality of the Soul, and Other Important Subjects, Adapted to the Understanding of Young PersonsH. Constable, 1831 - 263 pages |
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... amid the storms and gloom of winter produced by it , while he would discover in them the preparation of the earth for a richer and happier season , he would see that by its contrast his own enjoyment was to be sharpened and increased ...
... amid the storms and gloom of winter produced by it , while he would discover in them the preparation of the earth for a richer and happier season , he would see that by its contrast his own enjoyment was to be sharpened and increased ...
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... Amid all the aptitudes of nature constantly before him , he would ever trace the finger of nature's God . The universality of light , and the adaptation of it to the eye ; the fitting of the members of all creatures to their situations ...
... Amid all the aptitudes of nature constantly before him , he would ever trace the finger of nature's God . The universality of light , and the adaptation of it to the eye ; the fitting of the members of all creatures to their situations ...
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... amid the wonderful design in the uni- verse , does man alone fail to partake of his Maker's care ? No. As in the case of every other living thing , HIS SITUATION TOO IS ADAPTED TO HIS NATURE . He is an intelligent , a moral , and an ...
... amid the wonderful design in the uni- verse , does man alone fail to partake of his Maker's care ? No. As in the case of every other living thing , HIS SITUATION TOO IS ADAPTED TO HIS NATURE . He is an intelligent , a moral , and an ...
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... amid the least of nature's works ; and the larvæ of various insects , after dwelling years under water , rise from their liquid abode , and striking forth wings , fly in the sunbeam . Now may not man be in some such first state of being ...
... amid the least of nature's works ; and the larvæ of various insects , after dwelling years under water , rise from their liquid abode , and striking forth wings , fly in the sunbeam . Now may not man be in some such first state of being ...
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... poets , and the residence of our first parents , amid the delightful bowers of Eden , equally point to a once blessed and happy state , which , alas , no longer exists ! An obscure tradition appears to have pervaded the whole earth.
... poets , and the residence of our first parents , amid the delightful bowers of Eden , equally point to a once blessed and happy state , which , alas , no longer exists ! An obscure tradition appears to have pervaded the whole earth.
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