Biblical natural science, Volume 1William Mackenzie, 1863 |
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... means and end - between structure and the functions for which structure is adapted -would come to be of no value . We find creatures with eyes formed as certainly for seeing objects in the light as those of mollusc and crus- tacean ...
... means and end - between structure and the functions for which structure is adapted -would come to be of no value . We find creatures with eyes formed as certainly for seeing objects in the light as those of mollusc and crus- tacean ...
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... means completely satisfactory , since it does not seem to me to account sufficiently for all the facts . It well explains the differences which exist between successive faunas , but there are also resemblances between these faunas for ...
... means completely satisfactory , since it does not seem to me to account sufficiently for all the facts . It well explains the differences which exist between successive faunas , but there are also resemblances between these faunas for ...
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... mean epochs of immense dura- tion , when there was no intimation in the context that they might , as in one or two passages in scripture they do , mean lengthened periods . This desire found gratification in the theory of creation which ...
... mean epochs of immense dura- tion , when there was no intimation in the context that they might , as in one or two passages in scripture they do , mean lengthened periods . This desire found gratification in the theory of creation which ...
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... Means of fruitfulness were withheld , until he who was specially to profit by them and to second them by his own endeavours , was ushered on the scene . principle of life was , however , maintained by a simple arrangement , which ...
... Means of fruitfulness were withheld , until he who was specially to profit by them and to second them by his own endeavours , was ushered on the scene . principle of life was , however , maintained by a simple arrangement , which ...
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... means and ends . As regards the verses now quoted , in which we have an account of the fourth day's work , they must be considered both in the light of what goes before , and what comes after . The grass , the herb , and the tree stood ...
... means and ends . As regards the verses now quoted , in which we have an account of the fourth day's work , they must be considered both in the light of what goes before , and what comes after . The grass , the herb , and the tree stood ...
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Page 115 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Page 271 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 235 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all.
Page 193 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Page 106 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 138 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 309 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 227 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 227 - The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ...
Page 417 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.