 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 pages
...atom ! What marvels the microscope opens out ! " It tells me/' says Dr. Chalmers, " that in the leavas of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden,...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament ; that within and beneath all that minuteness which the aided eye of man has been able to explore,... | |
 | 1848 - 726 pages
...insignificance of the world I tread upon : the other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells ine that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers...there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all that is visible... | |
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...the whale. " In the leaves of every forest," says Dr. Chalmers, " in the flowers of every garden ; in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament." A third prejudice, very common, among Bible-readers is this, " That no concession to popular opinion... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 292 pages
...The one told irie of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves...numberless as are the glories of the firmament The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields of... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 294 pages
...The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves...numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyond 112 and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 298 pages
...The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance; for it tells me that in the leaves...numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields of... | |
 | 1817 - 670 pages
...The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me, that in the leaves...every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and nuinhcilrss asare tliB clones of the firmament The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 290 pages
...tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance; for it tells me that in the leaves'of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden,...numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields of... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1818 - 530 pages
...The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves...numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields of... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 398 pages
...insignificance ; for it tolls me that in the leaves of every forest, ai.d in the ftowers- of 7every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there...numberless as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that beyead and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields of... | |
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The other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance; for it tells me that... 
