The Works of Thomas Dick, Volumes 1-4H. F. Summer & Company, 1836 |
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Page 44
... scenes and discoveries still more interest- ing and brilliant than those which have hitherto been disclosed . Illustrations ... scene of universal nature has never yet been thoroughly surveyed , and never will be , till the eyes and the ...
... scenes and discoveries still more interest- ing and brilliant than those which have hitherto been disclosed . Illustrations ... scene of universal nature has never yet been thoroughly surveyed , and never will be , till the eyes and the ...
Page 85
... scene and cheer the shades of night . Narrow lanes in cities would be either widened or their houses demolished ; streets on broad and spacious plans would be built , the smoke of steam - engines consumed , nuisances removed , and ...
... scene and cheer the shades of night . Narrow lanes in cities would be either widened or their houses demolished ; streets on broad and spacious plans would be built , the smoke of steam - engines consumed , nuisances removed , and ...
Page 92
... scene of beneficence , we behold a striking illustration of the declarations of the inspired writers , that " the Lord is good to all , " - that " the earth is full of his riches , " and that " his tender mercies are over all his works ...
... scene of beneficence , we behold a striking illustration of the declarations of the inspired writers , that " the Lord is good to all , " - that " the earth is full of his riches , " and that " his tender mercies are over all his works ...
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... scene of diversified beauty and sublimity to the eye of every beholder . - And if we lift cur eyes to the regions of the firmament , we likewise behold a scene of sublimity and gran- deur mingled with variety . The sun himself appears ...
... scene of diversified beauty and sublimity to the eye of every beholder . - And if we lift cur eyes to the regions of the firmament , we likewise behold a scene of sublimity and gran- deur mingled with variety . The sun himself appears ...
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... scene displays , beyond any other view we can take of creation , the magnificence and extent of the divine empire . Those countless worlds to which we have now adverted , are not to be considered as scenes of sterility and deso- lation ...
... scene displays , beyond any other view we can take of creation , the magnificence and extent of the divine empire . Those countless worlds to which we have now adverted , are not to be considered as scenes of sterility and deso- lation ...
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Page 74 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 55 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 55 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 83 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 34 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 164 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 62 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 60 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Page 118 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 75 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.