The Atmosphere and Atmospherical PhenomenaReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 16 sider |
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Side iii
... WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE OF THE CREATOR . INTRODUCTION . - The works of God deserve our serious contemplation - His wisdom displayed in the various scenes connected with sublunary nature - His power displayed in the luminaries of heaven ...
... WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE OF THE CREATOR . INTRODUCTION . - The works of God deserve our serious contemplation - His wisdom displayed in the various scenes connected with sublunary nature - His power displayed in the luminaries of heaven ...
Side iv
... Wisdom and benevolence of the Divine Being in such opera- tions • · CHAPTER IV . page 37 The elasticity of the air , and the phenomena it explains-- Important purposes effected by the atmosphere - Va- rious illustrations of the ...
... Wisdom and benevolence of the Divine Being in such opera- tions • · CHAPTER IV . page 37 The elasticity of the air , and the phenomena it explains-- Important purposes effected by the atmosphere - Va- rious illustrations of the ...
Side v
... wisdom and benevolence of the Creator , as displayed in the constitution of the atmosphere - Wisdom and goodness are manifest in the proportion which subsists between the different gases - In determining the rela- tive specific gravity ...
... wisdom and benevolence of the Creator , as displayed in the constitution of the atmosphere - Wisdom and goodness are manifest in the proportion which subsists between the different gases - In determining the rela- tive specific gravity ...
Side 7
... WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE OF THE CREATOR . INTRODUCTION . ALL the works of God , throughout the im- mensity of the universe , display the character , perfections , and agency of the Supreme Creator , to every rational and Christian mind ...
... WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE OF THE CREATOR . INTRODUCTION . ALL the works of God , throughout the im- mensity of the universe , display the character , perfections , and agency of the Supreme Creator , to every rational and Christian mind ...
Side 10
... wisdom of the Creator is infinite , and " his ways past finding out . " In short , when we lift our eyes beyond the boundaries of the globe on which we dwell , and look upwards to that boundless firmament where suns unnumbered shine ...
... wisdom of the Creator is infinite , and " his ways past finding out . " In short , when we lift our eyes beyond the boundaries of the globe on which we dwell , and look upwards to that boundless firmament where suns unnumbered shine ...
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Side 191 - LORD, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Side 145 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thou he, O Lord our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Side 44 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Side 8 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Side 191 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Side 145 - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Side 145 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Side 79 - They shall not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Side 191 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Side 69 - This was succeeded by a laugh which was involuntary, but highly pleasurable, accompanied by a peculiar thrilling in the extremities— a sensation perfectly new and delightful. For many hours after this experiment, he imagined that his taste and smell were more acute, and is certain that he felt unusually strong and cheerful. In a second experiment, he felt pleasure still superior, and has since poetically remarked that he supposes the atmosphere of the highest of all possible heavens to be composed...