The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge : Attempted to be Philosophically Considered in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3J. & J. Harper, 1838 - Creation |
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... tion of the preceding volumes , and to express his hope that the following pages may be deemed no unsuitable companion to them . They complete his views of the great subject which he desired to sub- mit to the consideration of his ...
... tion of the preceding volumes , and to express his hope that the following pages may be deemed no unsuitable companion to them . They complete his views of the great subject which he desired to sub- mit to the consideration of his ...
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... tion and Vegetation . - The Relation is intellectual and artifi cial , arising from the Plan and Mind of the Creator . - America no support to the Malthusian Ratio . - Countries resorted to by Emigrants , or enlarged by Conquests , no ...
... tion and Vegetation . - The Relation is intellectual and artifi cial , arising from the Plan and Mind of the Creator . - America no support to the Malthusian Ratio . - Countries resorted to by Emigrants , or enlarged by Conquests , no ...
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... tion , and , as such , a series of intellectual conclusions , to be ad- ded to those which other minds have formed , and to be taken into your consideration with them when you are thinking upon this subject . It is in this way that ...
... tion , and , as such , a series of intellectual conclusions , to be ad- ded to those which other minds have formed , and to be taken into your consideration with them when you are thinking upon this subject . It is in this way that ...
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... tion , and will always be a rational subject of our study . The success of the human intellect , in tracing it in its sublime arrangements of our material system , warrants the hope that the moral economy of our world may be in time ...
... tion , and will always be a rational subject of our study . The success of the human intellect , in tracing it in its sublime arrangements of our material system , warrants the hope that the moral economy of our world may be in time ...
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... tion ; he invites us to pursue it ; we are every year becom- ing more fit to do so , and it is not unreasonable to suppose that , the wiser we become , we shall more strongly feel that no inferior objects ought to prevent us from ...
... tion ; he invites us to pursue it ; we are every year becom- ing more fit to do so , and it is not unreasonable to suppose that , the wiser we become , we shall more strongly feel that no inferior objects ought to prevent us from ...
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Page 409 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 439 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 434 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work Upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, And the glory of his high looks.
Page 405 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 439 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.
Page 404 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 434 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...
Page 255 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 41 - The cause to which I allude is the constant tendency in all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it.
Page 424 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour.