Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Том 1

Christoph Christian Sturm

J. Walker, J. Johnson ... [and 34 others], 1809 - Всего страниц: 428

Содержание

• MEDITATIONS on New Years: 1
• Winter amusements: 8
• The pleasures of winter: 14
• The advantages of the climate we inhabit: 21
• Discoveries made by means of the microscope: 29
• The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold: 35
• The fear of spectres: 53
• Comets: 57
• The frost sometimes seen on glass windows: 63
• Revolutions which are constantly in nature: 69
• A temperature always the same would not: 76
• The wonderful make of the: 82
• The sun does not always appear: 90
• Reflections on: 97
• The images of death which winter affords: 112
• Elevation of the soul to: 118
• Singularities in the kingdom of minerals: 124
• Use of mountains: 132
• Motives for confidence in: 134
• The state of some animals during winter: 140
• The extreme smallness of certain bodies: 147
• The hope of spring: 153
• Seeds: 161
• The change of seasons: 175
• Harmony between the moral and physical world: 181
• Caves in the mountains: 187
• The insensible approaches of night: 194
• Abuse of animals: 201
• The immense riches of nature: 205
• The milky: 212
• Use and necessity of: 218
• Size of our globe: 224
• The situation of the: 230
• The breath: 236
• Relation that all creatures have with one another: 242
• Variety observable in the features of the face: 249
• The return of the birds: 256
• The system of the world: 264
• An invitation to seek God in the works of nature: 270
• Spring renews the face of the earth: 276
• The chick in the: 280
• How providence has provided food for animals: 286
• Order in the succession of flowers: 292
• Sentiments which the contemplation of the: 302
• The language of animals: 308
• Spring is an emblem of the frailty of human life: 314
• Complaints of mankind relative to certain incon: 320
• The prodigious number of plants on the earth: 327
• Leaves of trees: 333
• The use of rivers: 340
• The perfume of flowers: 346
• Immensity of the firmament: 351
• The loadstone: 358
• The dew: 366
• Hymn of thanksgiving for the works of: 374
• The nightingale: 380
• Electrical fire: 388
• Eclipses of the sun and moon: 394

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Стр. 290 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

Стр. 325 - ... 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Стр. 47 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...

Стр. 258 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

Стр. 46 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Стр. 46 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Стр. 45 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Стр. 47 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

Стр. 306 - I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King ; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.

Стр. 258 - For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Библиографические данные

• Название: Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Том 1; Reflections on the Works of God and of His Providnce Throughout All Nature, Christoph Christian Sturm
• Автор: Christoph Christian Sturm
• Перевод: A lady
• Издатель: J. Walker, J. Johnson ... [and 34 others], 1809
• Владелец оригинала: Гарвардский университет
• Оцифровано: 4 сен 2007
• Количество страниц: Всего страниц: 428