The Creation: A Series of Letters from a Father to His ChildrenSamuel Bagster and Sons, 1844 - 398 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page
... the wants of man 2. The scriptural use of the same , in the illustration of divine truth . 3 Y W. G. RHIND . LONDON . SAMUEL BAGSTER AND SONS . MDCCCXLIV . 2 C THE CREATION . Ellustrated by Six Engravings on THE CREATION .
... the wants of man 2. The scriptural use of the same , in the illustration of divine truth . 3 Y W. G. RHIND . LONDON . SAMUEL BAGSTER AND SONS . MDCCCXLIV . 2 C THE CREATION . Ellustrated by Six Engravings on THE CREATION .
Page viii
... Scripture of such frequent use - various passages examined into , 1 Pet . i . 19 , 20 ; Rev. xiii . 8 ; John i . 29 ; and many others - The Sheep , the Lord as a Sheep before its Shearers , Isaiah liii . - The Goat - the Parable of viii ...
... Scripture of such frequent use - various passages examined into , 1 Pet . i . 19 , 20 ; Rev. xiii . 8 ; John i . 29 ; and many others - The Sheep , the Lord as a Sheep before its Shearers , Isaiah liii . - The Goat - the Parable of viii ...
Page xiii
... Scripture has he found so to arrest their young minds as Genesis i . From thence all natural history may be said to take its rise ; for though the record of Moses is very brief , yet it necessarily contains the leading history of the ...
... Scripture has he found so to arrest their young minds as Genesis i . From thence all natural history may be said to take its rise ; for though the record of Moses is very brief , yet it necessarily contains the leading history of the ...
Page xv
... Scripture examples , how continually the Holy Spirit , through the Word , uses the natural figures of creation to set forth Divine truth , of which the pathetic lamentation of our blessed Lord over Jerusalem affords , perhaps , the ...
... Scripture examples , how continually the Holy Spirit , through the Word , uses the natural figures of creation to set forth Divine truth , of which the pathetic lamentation of our blessed Lord over Jerusalem affords , perhaps , the ...
Page 2
... Scripture , and especially in the 38th chapter of Job . The scene there brought before us is full of instruction . The Lord , for wise purposes , had afflicted his servant Job , but he had failed to discern the hand of God in the ...
... Scripture , and especially in the 38th chapter of Job . The scene there brought before us is full of instruction . The Lord , for wise purposes , had afflicted his servant Job , but he had failed to discern the hand of God in the ...
Other editions - View all
The Creation: A Series of Letters from a Father to His Children William Graeme Rhind No preview available - 2018 |
The Creation: A Series of Letters from a Father to His Children William Graeme Rhind No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
abounds alluded America animal Appendix atmosphere beautiful beloved children bird blessed Lord blood body bright called carbonic acid cedar Christ clouds clouds without water colour creature darkness day's creation dear children eagle earth Father feet firmament fish flesh fruit GENUS globe glory God's gold gracious Greenland hath head heaven heavenly Holy hyssop inches inhabitants Islands Israel Jesus JOHN DOREE king kingdom Lamb land Lebanon length letter light Linnæus lion living look Luke Matt mercy metals miles moon Multivalves Narwhal native night planet plumage precious prey Psalm quadruped Quicksilver remember salt says scene Scotland Scripture seems ship sometimes song South America species sperm whale Spirit spring stones tabernacle tail thee things thou thousand tree tribes unto vegetable vessel walrus whale whole wings word young
Popular passages
Page 49 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 356 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 359 - No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 79 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 369 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 244 - 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. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; They shall run, and not be weary ; And...
Page 92 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 47 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.
Page 46 - God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 240 - And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.