| Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 Seiten
...the instructed man. " Yea," says the prophet, " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." * Alas ! it is not alone to ancient Israel that the reproof... | |
| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1800 - 308 Seiten
...exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appoint" ed time ; and: the turtle,- and the crane,. and the " swallow, observe the time of their .coming." — Undoubtedly the temperature of the air,. in respect to heat and cold, and the natural inclination... | |
| 1806 - 504 Seiten
...aright; if man repents of his wickedness, saying, •what have I done ? Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the...the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." " When the judgments of the Lord are in the earth, the... | |
| Thomas Smith - 1803 - 420 Seiten
...compass, nor reason, they are guided by that powerful instinct impressed by the Creator, whereby " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times,...and the swallow observe the time of their coming*." AB the migration of birds constitutes a very curious article of natural history, our readers probably... | |
| William Smith - 1803 - 584 Seiten
...hold fast deceit, they refuse to return;" they are even more stupid than the brute creation " For ihe stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and...the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgments of the Lord," nor regard the merciful visitations of my power! Why,... | |
| Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 Seiten
...excellent lefson to the rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
| 1810 - 544 Seiten
...(ht/Oreator and the littleness of man. Yea, the stork iu the Heavens knoweih her appointed times>; and (he turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Tell me, ye sages,, who pretend to penetrate mto the secrets... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 Seiten
...his course, as the horse rusheth into the f battle, without conaidcring or fearing his clanger. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times...crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; they return in the summer to their former abodes ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 Seiten
...creatures, both for their actions and their use ! The stork in the heaven, saith thy prophet Jeremy, knmceth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; Jer. viii. 1. Who have seen the stork *, before the calends of August; or a swallow, in the winter?... | |
| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1808 - 300 Seiten
...know the exact period when they are to remove. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming." (Jer. viii. 7.) No doubt, some variation in the temperature of the air, and their natural instinct... | |
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