The Child's Book on the Creation: The First of a Series of Works on the Bible, on a Similar PlanDurrie & Peck, 1832 - 96 pages |
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... , " said Mr. M. " what some learned ministers think about it . They think , that many millions of years ago , ( they do not know how many , ) God created , at once , in a single moment , the matter of the whole universe . He said , 12.
... , " said Mr. M. " what some learned ministers think about it . They think , that many millions of years ago , ( they do not know how many , ) God created , at once , in a single moment , the matter of the whole universe . He said , 12.
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... Learned men are of the opinion , that all the worlds in the universe are so connected , as to form one grand system . They compare the cre- ation to a machine , which has many parts , each part dependent upon all the rest . Remove but ...
... Learned men are of the opinion , that all the worlds in the universe are so connected , as to form one grand system . They compare the cre- ation to a machine , which has many parts , each part dependent upon all the rest . Remove but ...
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... learned and wise men suppose on this subject ; for you must understand that nothing is known about it . It would not be right to assert as true what cannot be proved -nor is it proper to allow our imaginations to wander too far . " You ...
... learned and wise men suppose on this subject ; for you must understand that nothing is known about it . It would not be right to assert as true what cannot be proved -nor is it proper to allow our imaginations to wander too far . " You ...
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... learned men ? " " Oh ! yes , father , I did understand . " " I hope you did , my child . I should regret to lead you into any error , or to adopt opinions as true , which are not supported by sufficient evidence . But I will talk with ...
... learned men ? " " Oh ! yes , father , I did understand . " " I hope you did , my child . I should regret to lead you into any error , or to adopt opinions as true , which are not supported by sufficient evidence . But I will talk with ...
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... learned men , that light is a substance or fluid which is diffused , as I have said . " Now , let us apply this view of the subject . God separated the light , as we have said , from the other materials , and diffused it around ; at the ...
... learned men , that light is a substance or fluid which is diffused , as I have said . " Now , let us apply this view of the subject . God separated the light , as we have said , from the other materials , and diffused it around ; at the ...
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Page 18 - While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What...
Page 86 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 84 - 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 if was good.
Page 57 - 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 He called Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 24 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 30 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt Seraph that adores and burns ; To him no high, no low, no great, no small : He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 85 - 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 the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 33 - The GOD that rules on high, And thunders when He please, That rides upon the stormy sky, And manages the seas, This awful GOD is ours, Our FATHER and our love ; He shall send down His heavenly powers. To carry us above.
Page 58 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 18 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim: Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...