| Churches of Christ - 1847 - 592 pages
...Him who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand ; — meted out heaven with a span ; — comprehended the dust in a measure ; — and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He who " sitting upon the orbit of the earth, stretches out heaven as a curtain,... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1850 - 718 pages
...it to do all its work in obedience to law, and in subservicnce to order. Else why are we told that "He measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in the balance?" Why but that, when he spanned the heavens, he might mete out the atmosphere... | |
| charleston - 1850 - 250 pages
...obedience to law, and in subservience to order. Else why are we told that l: Hc measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and comprehended the dust...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in the balance?" Why but that, when he spanned the heavens, he might mete out the atmosphere... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1850 - 256 pages
...subservience to order. Else why are we told that "He measured the waters in the hollow of hii hand, aiid comprehended the dust in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in the balance?" Why but that, when he spanned the heavens, he might mete out the atmosphere... | |
| LIEUT N.F. MAURY, U.S.N. - 1851 - 344 pages
...it to do all its work in obedience to law, and in subservience to order. Else why are we told that " He measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in the balance?" Why did he span the heavens, but that he might mete out the atmosphere in exact... | |
| English literature - 1854 - 630 pages
...and beautiful whole which was called forth when " He measured the waters in the hollow of his : ;ul, and comprehended the dust in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales ud the hills in the balance." Long before modern science had told us anything concerning atmospheric... | |
| Cornelius S. Cartee - Physical geography - 1855 - 348 pages
...forms and relative positions of the land and water. Quotation. What has God established and caused ? 2* He has established the proportions between the land...and he made it ; and his hands formed the dry land." — Ps. xcv. 5. 13. THE best representation of the earth, as a whole, is an artificial terrestrial... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - History - 1855 - 312 pages
...reciprocal capacities of all to perform the functions required by each, why should we be told that he " measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?" Why did he span the heavens, but that he might mete out the atmosphere in exact... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...reciprocal capacities of nil to perform the functions required by euch, why should we be toU tliat he " measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and comprehended the dust in a measure, ami weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance!" Why did lie ipan the heavens, but... | |
| 1856 - 588 pages
...reciprocal capacities of all to perform the functions required by each, why should we be told that he ' measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? ' Why did he span the heavens, but that he might mete out the atmosphere in exact... | |
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