Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE III. Mechanics. Job xii. v. 7, 8, 9. 7. "Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8. "Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9. "Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?" T> ETWEEN the revealed will of God as contained in the Bible and those laws and facts which are apparent to all there must be perfect harmony; for, if not, we are confronted with a want of unity of purpose and design in the words and acts of the Creator. So satisfied was our blessed Lord that the works of Nature rightly observed necessarily led to an acceptance of the truths of Revelation that He often referred to them. Although consideration for others characterised all His teaching, yet, in a secondary point E of view, with how many of His miracles is not the Student in Physical Science specially interested: -- Water into wine--walking on the Sea--calming the tempest--feeding multitudes--the obtaining of tribute money--the barren fig-tree--the miraculous draught of fishes. If we turn to the Parables--those appeals to something real in life or nature from which moral or spiritual instruction may be drawn--on what does Jesus Christ lay the foundation of His teaching?--on observations of the Laws of Nature. The Sower--Tares--Leaven--Pearls-- Sheep--Money --Vines--Seed--Fish; these single words will be suggestive. The comprehensiveness of the Sermon on the Mount, in regard to Physical Science, has been referred to on a former occasion (page 6). Let the first Sermon Moses preached as the years of his life were closing (Deut. iv.) be examined. The people are directed not only to know the Law but to obey it, and...
