... (5.) The sun, moon, and stars. (6.) The lower animals, those that swarm in the waters, and the creeping and flying species of the land. (7.) Beasts of prey ("creeping" here meaning "prowling"). (8.) Man. In this succession, we observe not merely an... Manual of geology - Page 733by James Dwight Dana - 1863 - 798 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Dwight Dana - Religion - 1856 - 66 pages
...stood by the Jews, without the stars as part of its decoration. Moreover, there is a sublimity and system in the arrangement, and a far-reaching prophecy,...philosophy could not have attained, however instructed. The creation, in the first place, consists, according to the record, of two great periods ; the first three... | |
| Theology - 1856 - 924 pages
...stood by the Jews, without the stars as part of its decoration. Moreover, there is a sublimity and system in the arrangement, and a far-reaching prophecy,...philosophy could not have attained, however instructed. The creation, in the first place, consists, according to the record, of two great periods ; the first three... | |
| Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible as literature - 1859 - 448 pages
...understood by the Jews, without the stars as a part of its decoration. Moreover there is a sublimity and system in the arrangement, and a farreaching prophecy,...philosophy could not have attained, however instructed." Hugh Miller and others have spoken of the " Geologic Prophecies," referring to those typical forms... | |
| James Dwight Dana - Geology - 1863 - 836 pages
...dividing of the waters below from the waters above the earth (the word translated waters may mean_/?utrf). (3.) The dividing of the land and water on the earth....recognizes in creation two great eras of three days each, — an Inorganic and an Organic, Each of these eras opens with the appearance of light : the... | |
| James Dwight Dana - Science - 1863 - 922 pages
...follows : — (1.) Light. (3.) The dividing of the land and water on the earth. (4.) Vegetation ; whifch Moses, appreciating the philosophical characteristic...recognizes in creation two great eras of three days each, — an Inorganic and an Organic. Each of these eras opens with the appearance of light : the... | |
| Thomas Jefferson Conant - Bible - 1868 - 244 pages
...from solar light. J " In this succession," says Prof. Dana ( Manual of Geology, as above, p. 745), " we observe not merely an order of events, like that...philosophy- could not have attained, however instructed." • § In the Hebrew Scriptures it is used : 1. For past or future time without limit ; Isaiah 30 :... | |
| Gerald Molloy - Bible - 1870 - 392 pages
...the waters below from the waters above the earth, (the word translated waters may mean./?»zW. ) , (3.) The dividing of the land and water on the earth....recognizes in creation two great eras of three days each, — an Inorganic and an Organic. Each of these eras opens with the appearance of light : the... | |
| Charles Hodge - Presbyterian Church - 1873 - 672 pages
...distinguishing it from previous inorganic substances, defines as that fc which had seed in itself.' u 5. The sun, moon, and stars. " 6. The lower animals,...recognizes in creation two great eras of three days each, — an Inorganic and an Organic. Each of these eras opens with the appearance of light ; the... | |
| James D. Dana - 1875 - 846 pages
...and flying species of the land. (7.) Beasts of prey ("creeping" here meaning "prowling"). (8.) Man. a far-reaching prophecy, to which philosophy could...The account recognizes in creation two great eras, each of three days, — an Inorganic and an Organic. Each of these eras opens with the appearance of... | |
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