The Christian emigrantReligious Tract Society, 1849 - 260 pages |
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... Almighty seems to have re- served the seas to himself . All the inhabitants of their depths are totally dissimilar to man in frame , and appearance , and habits . On the land , man is a petty monarch ; there he can hew down the forest ...
... Almighty seems to have re- served the seas to himself . All the inhabitants of their depths are totally dissimilar to man in frame , and appearance , and habits . On the land , man is a petty monarch ; there he can hew down the forest ...
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... Almighty has from the first taught it the lesson of which human stu- dents and learned sages remained ignorant for centuries . But our object is not so much to speak of these now popular facts ; and we shall therefore pass over the ...
... Almighty has from the first taught it the lesson of which human stu- dents and learned sages remained ignorant for centuries . But our object is not so much to speak of these now popular facts ; and we shall therefore pass over the ...
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... Almighty , and how man , in the twofold part of his nature , received from him his being , and was placed by him in this creation as its lord . But here we learn what nature , with all her voices , could never have taught us , how our ...
... Almighty , and how man , in the twofold part of his nature , received from him his being , and was placed by him in this creation as its lord . But here we learn what nature , with all her voices , could never have taught us , how our ...
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... Almighty Being ! Cause and support of all things , can I view These objects of my wonder - can I feel These fine sensations , and not think of Thee ? Thou , who dost through the eternal round of time— Dost through the immensity of space ...
... Almighty Being ! Cause and support of all things , can I view These objects of my wonder - can I feel These fine sensations , and not think of Thee ? Thou , who dost through the eternal round of time— Dost through the immensity of space ...
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... Almighty Spirit of grace and sup- plication ever at hand to assist him . Where cannot its few and simple rites be observed , or its shrine be set up ? This worship is purposely so constructed as , with- out any change in it whatsoever ...
... Almighty Spirit of grace and sup- plication ever at hand to assist him . Where cannot its few and simple rites be observed , or its shrine be set up ? This worship is purposely so constructed as , with- out any change in it whatsoever ...
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Page 234 - Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Page 106 - tis nought to me ; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste, as in the city full ; And where he vital breathes, there must be joy.
Page 119 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 246 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 177 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 253 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 197 - Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Page 227 - His counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before us...
Page 238 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Page 240 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword.