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Excerpt from The Students' Cabinet Library, Vol. 1: Of Useful Tracts
Principles of Geology not hostile to revealed truth, 6 1. Contains abundant evidences of the perfections and plans of Jehovah, 62. Furnishes evidence of creative power, 63. Furnishes proof of the Providence of God, both general and special, 69. Furnishes numerous illustrations of Divine benevolence, 7 l lst, In the nature of the soil, resulting from the decomposition of rocks, 71. 2d, In the disruption of the rocks in the crust of the globe, 72. 8d, In the production and arrangement of the vallies, 78. In, From the modes in which metallic ores are distributed, 74. From the accumula tion of rock salt, gypsum, limestone and coal, 75. 6th, From the ex istence of volcanoes, 7 7. 7 th, From the adaptation of the natures of difl'erent groups of animals to the different states of the globe, 78. Enlarges our conceptions of the plans of the Deity, 80. Periods of time, almost too great for human powers to estimate, have been employed since the original creation of our globe, to bring it to its present state, 80. Objectionable language of some Geo logical writers, in reference to the past duration of the globe, 82. The globe did not exist as a chaos posterior to the creation of man, 83. Progressive improvement of the globe, 84. Connec tion of Geology and Astronomy, 86. Probable changes in other worlds, 88. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.