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... antiquity ; to finite faculties , its past dura- tion may be as immeasurable as the existence of God himself . But surely we can arrive at some idea of the time during which the earth has been in exist- ence . It is but a speck in ...
... antiquity ; to finite faculties , its past dura- tion may be as immeasurable as the existence of God himself . But surely we can arrive at some idea of the time during which the earth has been in exist- ence . It is but a speck in ...
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... antiquity so extreme as hitherto to baffle all human research ! Peter Jones indignantly demanded the evidences . Geology called on her attendant ministers ; and each told what they had done . Chemistry had melted down rocks , and ...
... antiquity so extreme as hitherto to baffle all human research ! Peter Jones indignantly demanded the evidences . Geology called on her attendant ministers ; and each told what they had done . Chemistry had melted down rocks , and ...
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... antiquity ; while in Persia another learned sage , called Zoroaster , promulgated the doctrine that God was a pure , in- visible spirit , not to be represented by any image of man's contrivance ; and that all the good and evil in the ...
... antiquity ; while in Persia another learned sage , called Zoroaster , promulgated the doctrine that God was a pure , in- visible spirit , not to be represented by any image of man's contrivance ; and that all the good and evil in the ...
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... antiquity of the Pentateuch and the New Testaments . Yet the primitive portions of the Vedas are anterior to the Pentateuch - the Hin- dus had letters and sacred books several centuries be- fore the birth of Moses ! These sacred books ...
... antiquity of the Pentateuch and the New Testaments . Yet the primitive portions of the Vedas are anterior to the Pentateuch - the Hin- dus had letters and sacred books several centuries be- fore the birth of Moses ! These sacred books ...
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... antiquity of the globe , and the existence of myriads of creatures , during countless ages before Adam was created . Yet not a vestige of the people who lived before the flood has been recovered — although , if they had built temples ...
... antiquity of the globe , and the existence of myriads of creatures , during countless ages before Adam was created . Yet not a vestige of the people who lived before the flood has been recovered — although , if they had built temples ...
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Page 15 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 18 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 77 - Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why...
Page 72 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.
Page 70 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 69 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 12 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 3 - Oil ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Page 105 - tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings; Carry them here and there ; jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour-glass...
Page 45 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.