Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 |
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... give us in Holy Scripture direct instruction on astronomy , geology and the like , what effect could this have had but the retardation of man's intellectual growth ? We know that the schoolmaster who can train his pupil to find ...
... give us in Holy Scripture direct instruction on astronomy , geology and the like , what effect could this have had but the retardation of man's intellectual growth ? We know that the schoolmaster who can train his pupil to find ...
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... give us a compact little bird's eye view of the geological and biological history of our globe . It is surely more reasonable to conclude that there was in that chapter no purpose whatever of teaching us anything about the physical ...
... give us a compact little bird's eye view of the geological and biological history of our globe . It is surely more reasonable to conclude that there was in that chapter no purpose whatever of teaching us anything about the physical ...
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... give to - day , he gave you a brief but eloquent summary of the marvellous development which physical science has made during the last few years . A man must indeed be blind and deaf to all that is going on around him if he does not ...
... give to - day , he gave you a brief but eloquent summary of the marvellous development which physical science has made during the last few years . A man must indeed be blind and deaf to all that is going on around him if he does not ...
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... gives , to an astronomer , a special interest to not a few Scripture passages . We know that Abraham and Moses , David and Amos , must have looked upwards to the same shining eyes as those that look down upon us , and it seems to bring ...
... gives , to an astronomer , a special interest to not a few Scripture passages . We know that Abraham and Moses , David and Amos , must have looked upwards to the same shining eyes as those that look down upon us , and it seems to bring ...
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... give rise to the constellations , but when the true origin of the constellations was forgotten , and the astronomical facts that they expressed were lost or misunder- stood , then myths were invented to explain them ; they were the ...
... give rise to the constellations , but when the true origin of the constellations was forgotten , and the astronomical facts that they expressed were lost or misunder- stood , then myths were invented to explain them ; they were the ...
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Page 90 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 93 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 14 - And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
Page 232 - Koran, and often recommended therein jointly with prayer; the former being held of great efficacy in causing the latter to be heard of God: for which reason the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz used to say, "that prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procure us admission.
Page 87 - When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Page 15 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Page 133 - 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 11 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 128 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 85 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.