The Six Days of Creation: A Series of Familiar Letters from a Father to His Children, Describing the Natural History of Each Day's Mercies, with Particular Reference to the Illustration of Scriptural TruthParry & McMillan, 1855 - 339 pagini |
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Pagina 125
... tail that almost always accompanies them . Though irregular in their movements , yet the return of some of the Comets has been predicted with great accuracy . They are sup- posed to be of inconsiderable size . The number of the Comets ...
... tail that almost always accompanies them . Though irregular in their movements , yet the return of some of the Comets has been predicted with great accuracy . They are sup- posed to be of inconsiderable size . The number of the Comets ...
Pagina 128
... tails . As to the number of the fixed stars , it is calculated , that on the brightest star - light night we can seldom see more than two thousand ; yet are the stars numberless . ( Gen. xv . 5. ) Dr. Herschel says , when gazing on the ...
... tails . As to the number of the fixed stars , it is calculated , that on the brightest star - light night we can seldom see more than two thousand ; yet are the stars numberless . ( Gen. xv . 5. ) Dr. Herschel says , when gazing on the ...
Pagina 149
... tail are cut off , and the whale tugged to the ship , where the blubber , * a thick substance from which the oil is run , is sliced from the trunk . The whalebone is cut from the upper jaw , and then the carcass is cut adrift , and ...
... tail are cut off , and the whale tugged to the ship , where the blubber , * a thick substance from which the oil is run , is sliced from the trunk . The whalebone is cut from the upper jaw , and then the carcass is cut adrift , and ...
Pagina 154
... tail propels them ; * and the air bladder , ( which most of them possess , ) distended or contracted at pleasure , gives them the power of rising or sinking in the water without effort . The eye of the fish is also of most marked ...
... tail propels them ; * and the air bladder , ( which most of them possess , ) distended or contracted at pleasure , gives them the power of rising or sinking in the water without effort . The eye of the fish is also of most marked ...
Pagina 168
... tail of a single individual . The lobster also casts its shell when it becomes too small . The limbs of the lobster must of course shrink to a very small size , to permit being drawn through the narrow joints . Lobsters are nimble ...
... tail of a single individual . The lobster also casts its shell when it becomes too small . The limbs of the lobster must of course shrink to a very small size , to permit being drawn through the narrow joints . Lobsters are nimble ...
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Pagina 140 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Pagina 54 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Pagina 341 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Pagina 323 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Pagina 325 - No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Pagina 222 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Pagina 215 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; They shall run, and not be weary ; And...
Pagina 92 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Pagina 80 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pagina 320 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born, of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign : — 4 " The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.