A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern AstronomyJ. Smith, 1817 - 276 sidor |
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... immensity before him , and the world , with all which it inherits , shrinks into littleness at a contemplation so vast and so overpowering . He wonders that he is not over- looked amid the grandeur and the variety which are on every ...
... immensity before him , and the world , with all which it inherits , shrinks into littleness at a contemplation so vast and so overpowering . He wonders that he is not over- looked amid the grandeur and the variety which are on every ...
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... immensity of their dis- tance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredi- ble . For remember that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity of space , and that ...
... immensity of their dis- tance . When we talk of hundreds of millions of miles , it is not to be listened to as incredi- ble . For remember that we are talking of those bodies which are scattered over the immensity of space , and that ...
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... immensity which surrounds it , should be the exclusive abode of life and of intelligence ? What reason to think that those mightier globes which roll in other parts of creation , and which we have discovered to be worlds in magnitude ...
... immensity which surrounds it , should be the exclusive abode of life and of intelligence ? What reason to think that those mightier globes which roll in other parts of creation , and which we have discovered to be worlds in magnitude ...
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... immensity . What can we make of them ? Shall we take our ad- venturous flight to explore these dark and un- travelled dominions ? What mean these innu- merable fires lighted up in distant parts of the universe ? Are they only made to ...
... immensity . What can we make of them ? Shall we take our ad- venturous flight to explore these dark and un- travelled dominions ? What mean these innu- merable fires lighted up in distant parts of the universe ? Are they only made to ...
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... , and in all its immensity - can sweep the outer boundaries of such a creation -or lift itself up to the majesty of that great and invisible arm , on which all is suspended . But what can those stars be which are seated so 36.
... , and in all its immensity - can sweep the outer boundaries of such a creation -or lift itself up to the majesty of that great and invisible arm , on which all is suspended . But what can those stars be which are seated so 36.
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Sida 267 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Sida 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.
Sida 264 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Sida 266 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Sida 267 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Sida 262 - Every day will I bless Thee ; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; And His greatness is unsearchable.
Sida 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.
Sida 273 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Sida 258 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Sida 263 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded?