FOR

EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR,

ON

THE WORKS OF GOD,

AND OF

HIS PROVIDENCE THROUGHOUT

ALL NATURE.

From the GERMAN of

MR. C. C. STURM.

The Seventh Edition.

VOLUME I.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

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MEDITATION on New-year's day,

The blessings granted by God to us in winter,

Daily proofs of God's providence,

Several uses of fire,

Winter amusements,

The care which Providence takes of animals du-

Snow,

63

The rapidity with which human life passes away, 65

Frost sometimes seen on glass-windows,

The use of bread,

68

70

Our

Our duty in regard to sleep,

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76

Revolutions which are constantly in nature,

Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-

kind,

The influence which the cold has upon health, 79

A temperature always the same would not be good

for the earth,

82

The moon,

11.5

The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful,

118

Causes of heat and cold,

Singularity in the kingdom of minerals,

Daily proofs experienced of divine providence,

Tranquillity of the night,

Winter is the image of our life,

130

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135

136

138

Use of mountains,

141

Winter gradually subsides,

The Aurora Borealis,

The extreme smallness of certain bodies,

The human body, relative to its exterior parts,

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155

157

160

162

The hope of spring,

164

The white frost,

166

Variety of means which contribute to the fertility

of nature,

168

The advantages the sea procures us,

171

The difference between animals and plants, 173

The uniformity and variety in the works of nature, 176

The change of seasons,

190

Several things which appear to be of no use,

Magnificence of God in his works,

211

The arrangement of the seasons in the other planets, 213

Paternal cares of Providence for the preservation

of our lives in every part of the world,