Juvenile conversations on the botany of the Bible, illustrative of the power, wisdom, and goodness of God [by C. M'Nab]. |
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... live ; but all plants are formed to absorb this poisonous air by means of their leaves ; and this is the chief use of the fungi and liverworts . They absorb the poisonous air which comes from the decayed substances they grow on ...
... live ; but all plants are formed to absorb this poisonous air by means of their leaves ; and this is the chief use of the fungi and liverworts . They absorb the poisonous air which comes from the decayed substances they grow on ...
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... lives of those who eat the bread may be in danger . It is a very remarkable thing that the only really poisonous grass known is never to be found except in wheat fields- " the darnel , " believed to be the tares of Scripture . The seeds ...
... lives of those who eat the bread may be in danger . It is a very remarkable thing that the only really poisonous grass known is never to be found except in wheat fields- " the darnel , " believed to be the tares of Scripture . The seeds ...
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... live without it ? Charlie . Yes , it is very wonderful . How is it ? they are all alike exposed to it . M. By a very simple , but a very beautiful contri- vance great heat draws the vapour from the sea and rivers , but it requires cold ...
... live without it ? Charlie . Yes , it is very wonderful . How is it ? they are all alike exposed to it . M. By a very simple , but a very beautiful contri- vance great heat draws the vapour from the sea and rivers , but it requires cold ...
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... live . Commit the keeping of your souls and bodies , and all that concerns you , to God . He has made provision for all your wants ; only use the means He points out , and the blessing will be yours . The Kamschatkan women gather the ...
... live . Commit the keeping of your souls and bodies , and all that concerns you , to God . He has made provision for all your wants ; only use the means He points out , and the blessing will be yours . The Kamschatkan women gather the ...
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... live to grow old . There is not a more holy sight on earth than an old man whose life has been spent from his childhood in the service of his God he is indeed like a full grown almond - tree , loaded with its goodly fruit , ready to be ...
... live to grow old . There is not a more holy sight on earth than an old man whose life has been spent from his childhood in the service of his God he is indeed like a full grown almond - tree , loaded with its goodly fruit , ready to be ...
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Page 32 - ... when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low, also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 42 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page xxii - For the which cause I also suffer these things : nevertheless I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 53 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 82 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 36 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, With pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Page xii - Delight thyself also in the Lord ; And He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; Trust also in Him ; and He shall bring it to pass.
Page 31 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Page 53 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Page 4 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.