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 pagine |
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Pagina 24
... wonderful heavens has , in all ages , been its subject and its employ- ment . It has been reserved for these latter times , to resolve this great and interesting question . The sublimest powers of philoso- phy have been called to the ...
... wonderful heavens has , in all ages , been its subject and its employ- ment . It has been reserved for these latter times , to resolve this great and interesting question . The sublimest powers of philoso- phy have been called to the ...
Pagina 47
... and there leaves us wildering in the uncer- tainty , whether even here the wonderful progression is ended ; and , at all events , fixes the assured conclusion in our minds , that , to an eye which could spread itself over 47.
... and there leaves us wildering in the uncer- tainty , whether even here the wonderful progression is ended ; and , at all events , fixes the assured conclusion in our minds , that , to an eye which could spread itself over 47.
Pagina 54
... wonderful movement which was made in heaven for the redemption of fallen man , with the comparative meanness and obscurity of our species ? This is a popular argument against Chris- tianity , not much dwelt upon in books , but we ...
... wonderful movement which was made in heaven for the redemption of fallen man , with the comparative meanness and obscurity of our species ? This is a popular argument against Chris- tianity , not much dwelt upon in books , but we ...
Pagina 62
... wonderful mind , from which , as from the recesses of a laboratory , there came forth such gleams and processes of thought as shed an effulgency over the whole amplitude of nature . All this , the public have not done ; for of this the ...
... wonderful mind , from which , as from the recesses of a laboratory , there came forth such gleams and processes of thought as shed an effulgency over the whole amplitude of nature . All this , the public have not done ; for of this the ...
Pagina 66
... wonderful career , he found himself on a way beset with temptation upon every side of him . It was not merely that he had the reigning taste and philosophy of the times to contend with ; but , he expatiated on a lofty region , where ...
... wonderful career , he found himself on a way beset with temptation upon every side of him . It was not merely that he had the reigning taste and philosophy of the times to contend with ; but , he expatiated on a lofty region , where ...
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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.