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 páginas |
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... present a great and an elevating spectacle , an im- mense concave reposing upon the circular boundary of the world , and the innumerable lights which are suspended from on high , moving with solemn regularity along its sur- face . It ...
... present a great and an elevating spectacle , an im- mense concave reposing upon the circular boundary of the world , and the innumerable lights which are suspended from on high , moving with solemn regularity along its sur- face . It ...
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... present to explain , we have ascertained first the dis- tance , and then the magnitude of some of those bodies which roll in the firmament ; that the sun , which presents itself to the eye under so diminutive a form , is really a globe ...
... present to explain , we have ascertained first the dis- tance , and then the magnitude of some of those bodies which roll in the firmament ; that the sun , which presents itself to the eye under so diminutive a form , is really a globe ...
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... present as varied and magnificent a spectacle ; and this earth , the encompassing of which would require the labour of years from one of its puny inhabitants , is but one of the lesser lights which sparkle in their fir- mament . To them ...
... present as varied and magnificent a spectacle ; and this earth , the encompassing of which would require the labour of years from one of its puny inhabitants , is but one of the lesser lights which sparkle in their fir- mament . To them ...
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... present acquirements ? We may guess with plausibility what we cannot an- ticipate with confidence . The day may yet be coming , when our instruments of obser- vation shall be inconceivably more powerful . They may ascertain still more ...
... present acquirements ? We may guess with plausibility what we cannot an- ticipate with confidence . The day may yet be coming , when our instruments of obser- vation shall be inconceivably more powerful . They may ascertain still more ...
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... present the appearance of a dark spot on the side that is turned away from it . Now apply this question to the fixed stars . Are they lumin- ous of themselves , or do they derive their light from the sun , like the bodies of our 37.
... present the appearance of a dark spot on the side that is turned away from it . Now apply this question to the fixed stars . Are they lumin- ous of themselves , or do they derive their light from the sun , like the bodies of our 37.
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.