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CONTENTS.
MEDITATIONS on New Year's Day
Page
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The blessings granted to us by God in winter,
and to which we pay too little attention
Daily proofs which God gives us of his pro-
vidence.
Several uses of fire
Winter amusements
The care which providence takes of animals dur-
ing the winter season
The pleasures of winter
14
Vegetables which preserve their verdure in winter 16
The singular state of man when asleep.
The advantages of the climate we inhabit.
The fertility which snow gives to the earth
Contemplation of the starry heavens
21
. 23
. 25
Discoveries made by means of the microscope
The advantages of night.
Reflections on myself.
33
The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold
. 35
The repose of nature during winter
. 37
The Laplanders.
40
The wise ordinance of our globe
Short meditations on the works of God, drawn
from the holy scriptures
Wonders of the human voice
The duty of collecting our thoughts in winter
The fear of spectres
Subterraneous fires
Comets.
Snow
59
The rapidity with which human life passes away 61
The frost sometimes seen on glass windows
The use of bread
Our duty in regard to sleep
Revolutions which are constantly in nature
Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-
kind.
63
69
71
The influence which the cold has upon health
A temperature always the same would not be
good for the earth
74
76
79
The wonderful make of the eye
On fogs.
The flux and reflux of the sea.
The sun does not always appear
90
Earthquakes
92
The order established by God in regard to the
life and death of man.
95
Reflections on ice
The spherical form of our earth
99
On the short duration of snow.
. 101
The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful. 110
The images of death which winter affords. . 112
Means to procure fire.
The equal distribution of the seasons
Singularities in.the kingdom of minerals.
Daily proofs experienced of divine providence. 126
Motives for confidence in God.
An invitation to contemplate God in the works
of nature
Bad weather.
The state of some animals during winter
Winds and tempests
The aurora borealis
The extreme smallness of certain bodies
Winter gradually subsides
. 134
. 136
. 139
. 140
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145
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149
The human body relatively to its exterior parts. 151
The hope of spring
The white frost.
Variety of means which contribute to the fertility
The advantages the sca procures us
The difference between animals and plants
. 153
156
Several things which appear to be of no use. . 179
Harmony between the moral and physical world 181
The nature and properties of air.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Caves in the mountains ..
Circulation of the sap in trees.
Our ignorance of our future state
The insensible approaches of night
Magnificence of God in his works
The arrangement of the seasons in other planets 197
Paternal cares of providence for the preservation
of our lives in every part of the world
. 240
Proofs which the works of the creation furnish
Pleasing effect of the heat of the sun
Relation that all creatures have with one another 242
The integral parts of water.
The propagation of plants
Variety observable in the features of the face
God's universal care of his creatures
Flowers of the month of April.
The return of the birds
Use of forests
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264
Reflections on the blossoms of trees.
An invitation to seek God in the works of nature 270
Continual revolutions and changes in the earth. 268
. 266
Fleasures which the contemplation of nature affords
Animals are causes for man to glorify God
The system of the world.