The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Volume 2A.C. Goodman, 1850 |
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... millions of such globes are dispersed throughout the immen- sity of nature - some who have viewed them- selves as enlightened Christians , have exclaimed at the impossibility of such facts , as if they were beyond the limits of Divine ...
... millions of such globes are dispersed throughout the immen- sity of nature - some who have viewed them- selves as enlightened Christians , have exclaimed at the impossibility of such facts , as if they were beyond the limits of Divine ...
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... millions of square miles - a magnitude too great for the mind to take in at one concep- tion . In order to form a tolerable conception of the whole , we must endeavour to take a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take ...
... millions of square miles - a magnitude too great for the mind to take in at one concep- tion . In order to form a tolerable conception of the whole , we must endeavour to take a leisurely survey of its different parts . Were we to take ...
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... millions of animals , of every size and form , from the ele- phant to the mite , which traverse its surface ; the ... million three hundred thousand times larger than the terraqueous globe . This is one of the most glorious and ...
... millions of animals , of every size and form , from the ele- phant to the mite , which traverse its surface ; the ... million three hundred thousand times larger than the terraqueous globe . This is one of the most glorious and ...
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... millions of miles from his surface , and there he dispenses fight , and colour , and comfort , to all the beings connected with that far - distant orb , and to all the moons which roll around it . Here the imagination begins to be ...
... millions of miles from his surface , and there he dispenses fight , and colour , and comfort , to all the beings connected with that far - distant orb , and to all the moons which roll around it . Here the imagination begins to be ...
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... millions , and 80 millions with all the boundless extent which lies beyond the limits of mortal vision ; and , at every step of this mental process , sufficient time must be allowed for the imagination to expatiate on the objects before ...
... millions , and 80 millions with all the boundless extent which lies beyond the limits of mortal vision ; and , at every step of this mental process , sufficient time must be allowed for the imagination to expatiate on the objects before ...
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Page 78 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 72 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 63 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; That put darkness for light, and light for darkness; That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 43 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 39 - Lord, how manifold are, thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page 86 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 137 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 36 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 78 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
Page 11 - Then," in the full sense of the words (Rev. xi. 15), " shall the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his CHRIST, and he shall reign for ever and ever.