The religion of geology and its connected sciences. Author's copyr. ed., with an additional lecture1860 |
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... geology , upon religion , I felt a desire to put upon paper the final results of my examinations . I threw them into the lecture form , that I might , if best , deliver them to the geological classes which I should instruct in the ...
... geology , upon religion , I felt a desire to put upon paper the final results of my examinations . I threw them into the lecture form , that I might , if best , deliver them to the geological classes which I should instruct in the ...
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... GEOLOGICAL DELUGES 57 81 LECTURE V. THE WORLD'S SUPPOSED ETERNITY . 100 LECTURE VI . GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DIVINE BENEVOLENCE . 119 LECTURE VII . DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AS EXHIBITED IN A FALLEN WORLD 142 LECTURE VIII . UNITY OF THE ...
... GEOLOGICAL DELUGES 57 81 LECTURE V. THE WORLD'S SUPPOSED ETERNITY . 100 LECTURE VI . GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DIVINE BENEVOLENCE . 119 LECTURE VII . DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AS EXHIBITED IN A FALLEN WORLD 142 LECTURE VIII . UNITY OF THE ...
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... geologists . 4. The left - hand Side . On the left - hand side of the section the strata are so divided as to correspond to the six great groups of animals ... GEOLOGY . LECTURE I. REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY xvi SECTION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST .
... geologists . 4. The left - hand Side . On the left - hand side of the section the strata are so divided as to correspond to the six great groups of animals ... GEOLOGY . LECTURE I. REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY xvi SECTION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST .
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... geology did not constitute a branch of finished education ; and amid the pressure of the cares and duties of middle life , how few find the leisure , to say nothing of the disposition , carefully to investigate a new and extensive ...
... geology did not constitute a branch of finished education ; and amid the pressure of the cares and duties of middle life , how few find the leisure , to say nothing of the disposition , carefully to investigate a new and extensive ...
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Page 289 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 129 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 35 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Page 85 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 62 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 86 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page xiv - For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
Page 171 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
Page 86 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Page 243 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.