Bible Teachings in NatureMacmillan, 1871 - 344 pages |
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... God . This fair earth is recognised to be a mighty parable - a glorious Shechinah . Its manifold forms and hues are the outer folds , the waving skirts and fringes , of that garment of light in which the Invisible has robed His ...
... God . This fair earth is recognised to be a mighty parable - a glorious Shechinah . Its manifold forms and hues are the outer folds , the waving skirts and fringes , of that garment of light in which the Invisible has robed His ...
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... God as the God of nature ; the revelation of God , not as vio- lating , but as maintaining the order of His world ; a revelation sudden and startling , to show to us what could not be shown so effectually in any other way - what " His ...
... God as the God of nature ; the revelation of God , not as vio- lating , but as maintaining the order of His world ; a revelation sudden and startling , to show to us what could not be shown so effectually in any other way - what " His ...
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... God ; and proved that every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact ; that every object of creation is the shadow of some important moral truth . In the incarnation of the Son of God we have the connecting link between the seen ...
... God ; and proved that every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact ; that every object of creation is the shadow of some important moral truth . In the incarnation of the Son of God we have the connecting link between the seen ...
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... God which taketh away the sin of the world . " The sun declares His glory , for " He is the Sun of righteousness ; " the stars proclaim His effulgence , for " He is the bright and the morn- ing Star . " All the objects of nature have ...
... God which taketh away the sin of the world . " The sun declares His glory , for " He is the Sun of righteousness ; " the stars proclaim His effulgence , for " He is the bright and the morn- ing Star . " All the objects of nature have ...
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... God's husbandry in the sphere of soul . The sources of security that are multiplying every day against famine , in ... God , even our own God , shall bless us . God shall bless us , and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him . " In ...
... God's husbandry in the sphere of soul . The sources of security that are multiplying every day against famine , in ... God , even our own God , shall bless us . God shall bless us , and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him . " In ...
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Page 40 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Page 318 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Page 280 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 64 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 309 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire : and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 5 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 200 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 41 - All previous compilations of this kind must undeniably for the present give place to the Book of Praise. . . . The selection has been made throughout with sound judgment and critical taste. The pains...
Page 89 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 43 - TIMES. A Book Of Worthies. Gathered from the Old Histories and written anew by the Author of