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... probable , that even a human spirit , in the vigorous exercise of the faculties with which it is now furnished , may go forward , through an interminable duration , making continual acces- sions to its stores of knowledge , without ...
... probable , that even a human spirit , in the vigorous exercise of the faculties with which it is now furnished , may go forward , through an interminable duration , making continual acces- sions to its stores of knowledge , without ...
Page 88
... probable , that the work of creation is still go- ing forward in the distant regions of the universe , and that the Creator is replenishing the voids of space with new worlds and new orders of intelligent beings ; and it is rea- sonable ...
... probable , that the work of creation is still go- ing forward in the distant regions of the universe , and that the Creator is replenishing the voids of space with new worlds and new orders of intelligent beings ; and it is rea- sonable ...
Page 104
... probable - if they possessed no greater degree of weight than simply to over- balance the opposite arguments , still , it would be every man's interest to act on the supposition , that a future world has a real existence . For , in the ...
... probable - if they possessed no greater degree of weight than simply to over- balance the opposite arguments , still , it would be every man's interest to act on the supposition , that a future world has a real existence . For , in the ...
Page 130
... probable , that beyond the reach of the finest glasses that art has ever constructed , thousands of millions exist in the unexplored regions of immensity , which the eye of man , while he remains in this lower world , will never be able ...
... probable , that beyond the reach of the finest glasses that art has ever constructed , thousands of millions exist in the unexplored regions of immensity , which the eye of man , while he remains in this lower world , will never be able ...
Page 132
... probable that when the last catastrophe of our globe arrives , the oxygen and nitrogen , or the two constituent principles of the atmosphere , will be separated by the interposition of almighty power . And the moment this separation ...
... probable that when the last catastrophe of our globe arrives , the oxygen and nitrogen , or the two constituent principles of the atmosphere , will be separated by the interposition of almighty power . And the moment this separation ...
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Page 111 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 135 - The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
Page 113 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just : 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 228 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! Whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 84 - Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Page 26 - the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing ;" neither the mind with any degree of knowledge which can be conveyed into it.
Page 228 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 114 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 111 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.