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... man fell , and with him fell the fresh and beautiful Creation . My meditations on this subject have led me to pass on to the present condition of the earth , and to consider its animal and vegetable pro- ductions with.
... man fell , and with him fell the fresh and beautiful Creation . My meditations on this subject have led me to pass on to the present condition of the earth , and to consider its animal and vegetable pro- ductions with.
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... beautiful formation of their blossoms -Fitness of seeds for being carried by the wind - Conclud- ing remarks page 9 FOURTH DAY OF CREATION . First visible existence of the sun , and moon , as regards this earth Important indices for the ...
... beautiful formation of their blossoms -Fitness of seeds for being carried by the wind - Conclud- ing remarks page 9 FOURTH DAY OF CREATION . First visible existence of the sun , and moon , as regards this earth Important indices for the ...
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... beautiful , and prospective contrivance . The quadru- ped , bird , or insect , has had sufficient time to quench its thirst , for the heavens do not immediately become clear , and when the goblet is filled with dew , some time must ...
... beautiful , and prospective contrivance . The quadru- ped , bird , or insect , has had sufficient time to quench its thirst , for the heavens do not immediately become clear , and when the goblet is filled with dew , some time must ...
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... beautiful green colour that adorns the plant would fade ; the flower could not open , the seeds could not ripen , such creatures as subsist on the sweet nectarious juices of its open flowers would lose their daily banquet , and numerous ...
... beautiful green colour that adorns the plant would fade ; the flower could not open , the seeds could not ripen , such creatures as subsist on the sweet nectarious juices of its open flowers would lose their daily banquet , and numerous ...
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... beautiful economy . The leaves are spoon - shaped , and inverted with the concave side turned towards heaven ; consequently , when it rains they are filled with water , and afford a liberal supply to birds and winged insects . The ...
... beautiful economy . The leaves are spoon - shaped , and inverted with the concave side turned towards heaven ; consequently , when it rains they are filled with water , and afford a liberal supply to birds and winged insects . The ...
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Page 215 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 112 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 226 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Page 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 46 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 193 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 194 - 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 61 - 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 and years...
Page 218 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.