Reflections 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, Volume 1D. Schaw and Company, 1800 |
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... ourselves to be more attentive to the works of God , more touched with the many proofs of his goodness towards us , and we shall find opportunities enough , even in win- ter , to praise our Benefactor . Consider how un- happy we should ...
... ourselves to be more attentive to the works of God , more touched with the many proofs of his goodness towards us , and we shall find opportunities enough , even in win- ter , to praise our Benefactor . Consider how un- happy we should ...
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... ourselves to the advantages which we gather from it at this moment . What comfort do we find in a room warmed by it , so as to guard us from the impres- sion of the outward air ? During hard frosts we should be condemned to do nothing ...
... ourselves to the advantages which we gather from it at this moment . What comfort do we find in a room warmed by it , so as to guard us from the impres- sion of the outward air ? During hard frosts we should be condemned to do nothing ...
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... ever surprising they are , lead us , at the utmost , but to the first limits of the creation . If we could transport ourselves above the moon ; if we could reach B 3 reach the highest star over our heads , we should JANUARY XII . 29.
... ever surprising they are , lead us , at the utmost , but to the first limits of the creation . If we could transport ourselves above the moon ; if we could reach B 3 reach the highest star over our heads , we should JANUARY XII . 29.
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... ourselves . Examine with a micriscope , the surface of your skin , and you will find that it resembles the scaly skin of a fish . It has been computed that a grain of sand could cover 250 of these scales , and that one only of these ...
... ourselves . Examine with a micriscope , the surface of your skin , and you will find that it resembles the scaly skin of a fish . It has been computed that a grain of sand could cover 250 of these scales , and that one only of these ...
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... ourselves in the comfortable per- suasion , that there is much more good than evil in the world ; with more cause for content , than sub- jects for affliction , And let us be certain that many things , which our self - interest makes us.
... ourselves in the comfortable per- suasion , that there is much more good than evil in the world ; with more cause for content , than sub- jects for affliction , And let us be certain that many things , which our self - interest makes us.
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Page 278 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 51 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 49 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 51 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 50 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 48 - And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 259 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 50 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Page 49 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : Who maketh the clouds his chariot: Who walketh upon the wings of the wind : Who maketh his angels spirits; His ministers a flaming fire : Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be removed for ever.
Page 48 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.