| Joseph Baylee - Bible and geology - 1857 - 222 pages
...of the discoveries of modern science. We bare the circular theory of storms in Ecclesiastea i. 6. " The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about...unto the north : it whirleth about continually : and the wind returneth again according to his circuits." Ecclesiastes i. 7. " All the rivers run into the... | |
| Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 358 pages
...laws, as modem investigations have made clear ; and, according to the words of the Scriptures, " It goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits." " The rivers run into the sea," say the same oracles,... | |
| Alonzo Amos Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas - Sermons, American - 1857 - 364 pages
...laws, as modern investigations have made clear ; and, according to the words of the Scriptures, " It goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits." " The rivers run into the sea," say the same oracles,... | |
| James McCosh, George Dickie - Adaptation (Biology) - 1857 - 576 pages
...SUN ALSO ARISETH, AND THE SUN GOETH DOWN, AND HASTETH TO HIS PLACE WHERE HE AROSE. TlIE WIND GOETII TOWARD THE SOUTH, AND TURNETH ABOUT UNTO THE NORTH ; IT WHIRLETH ABOUT CONTINUALLY, AND THE WIND BETURNETH AGAIN ACCORDING TO HIS CIRCUITS. AlX THE RIVERS RUN INTO THE SEA; YET THE SEA IS... | |
| English literature - 1858 - 688 pages
...long endeavouring to describe, the Bible tells it all in a single sentence : ' The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.' — Eccles. i. 6. . . . Have I not, therefore,... | |
| William Henry Giles Kingston - Voyages around the world - 1859 - 542 pages
...which shows the exactness of the sacred writers whenever they do introduce scientific subjects : ' The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about...unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.' Who gave Solomon this information ? I doubt if... | |
| 1859 - 588 pages
...which I have been so long endeavouring to describe, the Bible telh it all in a single sentence : ' The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about...unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits'" (Eccl. i. 5). By these corroborative statements,... | |
| Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible as literature - 1859 - 448 pages
...circulation which I have been so long endeavoring to describe, the Bible tells it all in a single sentence, ' The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north, it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits !' " To this we may also add the high authority... | |
| Bible - 1860 - 400 pages
...earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth...unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - History - 1860 - 542 pages
...which I have been so long endeavoring to describe, the Bible tells it all in a single sentence : " The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about...unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits." — Eccl., i., 6. 217. Of course, as the surface... | |
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