The Expanse of Heaven: A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament |
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Page 11
... light and heat poured out continually upon the earth by the great central orb of the planetary scheme . Let the sun forget to shine for a single day , and it would be with us even as though God had forgotten our existence , or had ...
... light and heat poured out continually upon the earth by the great central orb of the planetary scheme . Let the sun forget to shine for a single day , and it would be with us even as though God had forgotten our existence , or had ...
Page 12
... light and heat ; clouds may conceal him from our view , much as troubles may cause us to forget God ; and the heat he pours out may seem sometimes insufficient or excessive , even as in our ignorance we are dissatisfied with the bles ...
... light and heat ; clouds may conceal him from our view , much as troubles may cause us to forget God ; and the heat he pours out may seem sometimes insufficient or excessive , even as in our ignorance we are dissatisfied with the bles ...
Page 13
... light and heat which seem to be gathering force as he rises , are in reality poured forth with fulness , even while as yet , owing to our position , we receive but little of them - nay , that during the dark hours of night they have ...
... light and heat which seem to be gathering force as he rises , are in reality poured forth with fulness , even while as yet , owing to our position , we receive but little of them - nay , that during the dark hours of night they have ...
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... and as such the immediate source of all our comforts , and indeed of the very possibility of our existence on earth . ' If we would rightly measure the sun's activity as a dispenser of God's gifts of light and heat , we The Sun. 15.
... and as such the immediate source of all our comforts , and indeed of the very possibility of our existence on earth . ' If we would rightly measure the sun's activity as a dispenser of God's gifts of light and heat , we The Sun. 15.
Page 16
... light and heat , we must consider what our earth alone receives . On a glorious summer's day , when the air seems aglow with the sun's light and on fire with his heat , we are strongly impressed with the sense of the sun's intense ...
... light and heat , we must consider what our earth alone receives . On a glorious summer's day , when the air seems aglow with the sun's light and on fire with his heat , we are strongly impressed with the sense of the sun's intense ...
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