A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy. By Thomas Chalmers ..Kirk & Mercein [J. & J. Harper, printers], 1817 - 218 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... wide range of argu- ment and of illustration which belongs to her ; and that , less sensitively jealous of any desecra- tion being brought upon the Sabbath , or the pulpit , they would suffer her freely to announce all those truths ...
... wide range of argu- ment and of illustration which belongs to her ; and that , less sensitively jealous of any desecra- tion being brought upon the Sabbath , or the pulpit , they would suffer her freely to announce all those truths ...
Pàgina 29
... conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of nature ; that the greater part of creation is an empty parade ; and that not a worshipper of the Divinity is to be found through the wide extent of yon vast and 29.
... conceive , that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of nature ; that the greater part of creation is an empty parade ; and that not a worshipper of the Divinity is to be found through the wide extent of yon vast and 29.
Pàgina 30
Thomas Chalmers. be found through the wide extent of yon vast and immeasurable regions ? • It lends a delightful confirmation to the argument , when , from the growing perfec- tion of our instruments , we can discover a new point of ...
Thomas Chalmers. be found through the wide extent of yon vast and immeasurable regions ? • It lends a delightful confirmation to the argument , when , from the growing perfec- tion of our instruments , we can discover a new point of ...
Pàgina 46
... covery has thrown upon the structure of the universe ; but still it has spread before the eye of the mind a field of very wide and lofty contemplation . Anterior to this dis- covery , the universe might appear to have been composed 46.
... covery has thrown upon the structure of the universe ; but still it has spread before the eye of the mind a field of very wide and lofty contemplation . Anterior to this dis- covery , the universe might appear to have been composed 46.
Pàgina 51
... wide and wasting volcano . The sudden formation of elastic matter in the bowels of the earth - and it lies within the agency of known substances to accomplish this - may explode it into fragments . The exhalation of noxious air from ...
... wide and wasting volcano . The sudden formation of elastic matter in the bowels of the earth - and it lies within the agency of known substances to accomplish this - may explode it into fragments . The exhalation of noxious air from ...
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Pàgina 273 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Pàgina 270 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Pàgina 275 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Pàgina 270 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Pàgina 150 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Pàgina 14 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Pàgina 275 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Pàgina 21 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pàgina 112 - The other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the glories of the firmament.
Pàgina 29 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.