The religion of geology and its connected sciences. Author's copyr. ed., with an additional lecture1860 |
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... natural science . I refer especially to comparative anatomy , zoology , botany , and geology , in our literary and ... natural sciences in ministers of the gospel , that they have attached a professorship of natural history to their ...
... natural science . I refer especially to comparative anatomy , zoology , botany , and geology , in our literary and ... natural sciences in ministers of the gospel , that they have attached a professorship of natural history to their ...
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... nature goes to prove that the rocks have experienced great changes since their deposition . If rocks are an exception to the rest of nature — that is , if they are the effect of miraculous agency - there is no proof of it ; and to admit ...
... nature goes to prove that the rocks have experienced great changes since their deposition . If rocks are an exception to the rest of nature — that is , if they are the effect of miraculous agency - there is no proof of it ; and to admit ...
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... nature , independent of a personal Deity , usually denominated natural law . And in modern times this hypothesis has assumed a popular form and a plausible dress . Not less than one lecture is demanded for its examination , especially ...
... nature , independent of a personal Deity , usually denominated natural law . And in modern times this hypothesis has assumed a popular form and a plausible dress . Not less than one lecture is demanded for its examination , especially ...
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... nature , where she hath recorded the changes that have taken place in the history of the globe . They are made to serve the purpose of scrolls or inscriptions , on which we might read of those great steps and successions by which the ...
... nature , where she hath recorded the changes that have taken place in the history of the globe . They are made to serve the purpose of scrolls or inscriptions , on which we might read of those great steps and successions by which the ...
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... nature ; or , in the language of Rosenmuller , the Scrip- tures speak " according to optical , and not physical , truth . " They make no effort to correct even the grossest errors , on these subjects , that then prevailed . The earth ...
... nature ; or , in the language of Rosenmuller , the Scrip- tures speak " according to optical , and not physical , truth . " They make no effort to correct even the grossest errors , on these subjects , that then prevailed . The earth ...
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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.