Christian Thought, 4. köideCharles Force Deems, John Bancroft Devins W.B. Ketcham, 1886 |
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... less know " atom " ; that is to say , a person who can have an intelligent cognition connected with the word " atom " must have a power of perception to follow down abysses of subdivision beyond all that man can accomplish in this ...
... less know " atom " ; that is to say , a person who can have an intelligent cognition connected with the word " atom " must have a power of perception to follow down abysses of subdivision beyond all that man can accomplish in this ...
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... less , live one minute more or less , than that which is fatally allotted . There is nothing in any religion a greater superstition than the belief which science demands in offering the atomic theory to our minds . With open eyes I see ...
... less , live one minute more or less , than that which is fatally allotted . There is nothing in any religion a greater superstition than the belief which science demands in offering the atomic theory to our minds . With open eyes I see ...
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... less heat . Prof. Tyndall has treated magnificently of " Heat as a Mode of Motion . " Heat existing anywhere produces motion , and motion produces heat . Two plates of metal , say one of zinc and one of platinum , may be placed in a ...
... less heat . Prof. Tyndall has treated magnificently of " Heat as a Mode of Motion . " Heat existing anywhere produces motion , and motion produces heat . Two plates of metal , say one of zinc and one of platinum , may be placed in a ...
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... . It was a mere superstition , the high - priest of which was no less a person than the justly revered Sir Isaac Newton . Nevertheless even scientific men are not going to rest quietly A DEFENCE OF THe superSTITIONS OF SCIENCE . II.
... . It was a mere superstition , the high - priest of which was no less a person than the justly revered Sir Isaac Newton . Nevertheless even scientific men are not going to rest quietly A DEFENCE OF THe superSTITIONS OF SCIENCE . II.
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... less , but must be elastic . To account for light the hypothesis is adopted that throughout the universe there is a medium which , for want of a better name , we call ether . This medium pervades all the most solid bodies , all liquids ...
... less , but must be elastic . To account for light the hypothesis is adopted that throughout the universe there is a medium which , for want of a better name , we call ether . This medium pervades all the most solid bodies , all liquids ...
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Page 68 - THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that ' this is I : ' But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the use of ' I,' and 'me,' And finds ' I am not what I see, And other than the things I touch.
Page 322 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : and where the slain are, there is she.
Page 325 - But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Page 416 - Then Jesus answering said unto them. Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised. to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 323 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 83 - He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone, But in the darkness and the cloud, As over Sinai's peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Altho
Page 243 - Fresh pleasure only: for the attentive mind By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself harmonious: wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspir'd delight: her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.
Page 129 - There is grandeur in this view of life with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Page 332 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Page 41 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.