The Weekly Visitor, Issue 1Religious Tract Society, 1835 |
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... less skilful than the bee in the form- VOL . III . Nest of a Species of Wasp from South America . ation of its nest , which displays the most beautiful workmanship . The labours of the wasp , like those of its cherished rela- tive , the ...
... less skilful than the bee in the form- VOL . III . Nest of a Species of Wasp from South America . ation of its nest , which displays the most beautiful workmanship . The labours of the wasp , like those of its cherished rela- tive , the ...
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... less column of air to support . Perier , the brother - in - law to Pascal , who resided in the mountainous district of Auvergne , was engaged to try the experi- ment , which he did by observing the height of the mercury at the bottom of ...
... less column of air to support . Perier , the brother - in - law to Pascal , who resided in the mountainous district of Auvergne , was engaged to try the experi- ment , which he did by observing the height of the mercury at the bottom of ...
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... less capacity for heat , than the component substances before they were united . By the applica- tion of heat , the bulk of all bodies , whether solid , liquid , or aeriform , is extended ; and by extracting it from them , their bulk is ...
... less capacity for heat , than the component substances before they were united . By the applica- tion of heat , the bulk of all bodies , whether solid , liquid , or aeriform , is extended ; and by extracting it from them , their bulk is ...
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gas ; consequently , it has less capacity for caloric than it had ; a portion of it , there- fore , must be given out before the oxygen can combine with the new substance that attracts it from its former combination . " * When a body ...
gas ; consequently , it has less capacity for caloric than it had ; a portion of it , there- fore , must be given out before the oxygen can combine with the new substance that attracts it from its former combination . " * When a body ...
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... less violent , especially in doubtful things ; and they who see furthest , are least peremptory in their determinations . The apostle , in his second epistle to Timothy , hath a phrase , " the spirit of a sound mind : " it is a good ...
... less violent , especially in doubtful things ; and they who see furthest , are least peremptory in their determinations . The apostle , in his second epistle to Timothy , hath a phrase , " the spirit of a sound mind : " it is a good ...
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Page 285 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 438 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 356 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 80 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 51 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 401 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 324 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 239 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 236 - Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Page 402 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh...