The Christian emigrantReligious Tract Society, 1849 - 260 pages |
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... night ; sail not over the equator , and hear of its soaring moun- tains , without remembering that they constitute that portion of the surface of our planet where , within the narrowest limits , the multiplicity and variety of natural ...
... night ; sail not over the equator , and hear of its soaring moun- tains , without remembering that they constitute that portion of the surface of our planet where , within the narrowest limits , the multiplicity and variety of natural ...
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... nights , which are so lovely in those regions . No sooner has obscurity veiled the vegetable world , and the stretching sands , and far wastes , than myriads of fire - flies animate the scene ; while the ocean , with its luminous attrac ...
... nights , which are so lovely in those regions . No sooner has obscurity veiled the vegetable world , and the stretching sands , and far wastes , than myriads of fire - flies animate the scene ; while the ocean , with its luminous attrac ...
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... night is dark , the brilliancy of the water forms a beautiful contrast with the black concave of the sky ; and the ocean seems to have changed func- tions with the air , to have received the depart- ing light of the former day , and to ...
... night is dark , the brilliancy of the water forms a beautiful contrast with the black concave of the sky ; and the ocean seems to have changed func- tions with the air , to have received the depart- ing light of the former day , and to ...
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... night - the Moon . There she emerges , and reigns queen over the new land of your labours , as she reigned over the old . How soothing is the familiar brilliance of that unaltered and placid beauty , of that enduring and fadeless youth ...
... night - the Moon . There she emerges , and reigns queen over the new land of your labours , as she reigned over the old . How soothing is the familiar brilliance of that unaltered and placid beauty , of that enduring and fadeless youth ...
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... night , with its stars , and the mild face of the earth . " But we tarry here no longer , and rest for a moment on the top of the highest pinnacle . Look around now , and away from Tycho . What a scene ! Those round hills , with flat ...
... night , with its stars , and the mild face of the earth . " But we tarry here no longer , and rest for a moment on the top of the highest pinnacle . Look around now , and away from Tycho . What a scene ! Those round hills , with flat ...
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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.