| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1823 - 382 pages
...when to return, and the direction they are to take. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming*." No doubt the temperature of the air, and the natural propensity of creatures to produce and rear up... | |
| 1823 - 410 pages
...REFLECTIONS ON SELECT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. Yea, the stork in the heavens Xtnoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgments of their Lord. — JEREMIAH viii. 7. STRANGE, that through all... | |
| Robert South - 1823 - 610 pages
...consideration applied to this present purpose; T'ea, the stork in the heaven Jcnoweth 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. I do not mention these things as arguments to prove... | |
| 1823 - 622 pages
...command. As the sun knoweth its going down, as " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming/' so do the various dispensations of God's providence come to us at the time of God's appointment. He... | |
| 1823 - 402 pages
...REFLECTIONS ON SELECT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. Yea, the stork in the heavens 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 judgments of their Lord. — JEREMIAH viii. 7. STRANGE, that through all... | |
| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1824 - 298 pages
...they know exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow,...and the natural inclination of those creatures to bring up their young, are their greatest motives for changing their place ; but it is, in other respects,... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...that of several other known birds of passage : Yea, the Stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow, observe the time of their coming. Anacreon not only notices the migration of this bird, but supposes Egypt to be the place of its brumal... | |
| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1824 - 278 pages
...they possess of the proper season for their return. "The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming." The temperature of the air is, no doubt, one of the principal instinctive indications for migration... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...prick thee, and the worm that will gnaw thee. The stork, says the prophet, 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, Jer. viii, 7, The market for your souls is open.... | |
| Samuel Davies - 1864 - 686 pages
..." as the horse rusheth into the battle. Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming ; but my people," more stupid than they, " know not the judgment of the LORD." Jer. viii. 6, 7. To... | |
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