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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 468 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=26mm, Gew.=680gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 468 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=26mm, Gew.=680gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Art. III. ?THE WATER CELEBRATION. What is most simple and common around us, so as ordinarily to escape even our notice, often involves matter of surprising significance and deep meditation. When we look upon so familiar a thing as rain or dew, a mass of vapor, or a cup of cold water, we do not reflect, perhaps, that we are contemplating one of the most mysterious elemenis and everlasting agencies of the Almighty, ? the great instrument, indeed, which, in connection with fire, he has used in all the fashioning and disposing of his universe. " Tn the beginning," after the general act by which " God created thq heaven and the earth," before even the light was, the first thing, as we read, that took place on the earth, when " it was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep," was, that " the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters "; and only after their right distribution did the earliest blade of grass appear, the fruitful tree arise, " the moving creature, that hath life," animate the scene, and " the fowl fly in the open firmament of heaven." As we ponder such a process, complacency at our own doings gives place to admiration of the Divine. It has been of late a season of jubilee in this city. A stream from one of nature's reservoirs has been led for twenty miles beneath the ground, through hills and rocks, across swamps and rivers, to pour its refreshment into the heart of our city; and the magnificent triumph of human energy and skill has been celebrated with unparalleled displays of splendor and rejoicing. And whether we look at the greatness of the work now accomplished, its vital connections with the health, happiness, and morality of a great city, its relation to ever-increasing and future wants, or at the difficulties and delays atten...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Art. III. ?THE WATER CELEBRATION. What is most simple and common around us, so as ordinarily to escape even our notice, often involves matter of surprising significance and deep meditation. When we look upon so familiar a thing as rain or dew, a mass of vapor, or a cup of cold water, we do not reflect, perhaps, that we are contemplating one of the most mysterious elemenis and everlasting agencies of the Almighty, ? the great instrument, indeed, which, in connection with fire, he has used in all the fashioning and disposing of his universe. " Tn the beginning," after the general act by which " God created thq heaven and the earth," before even the light was, the first thing, as we read, that took place on the earth, when " it was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep," was, that " the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters " and only after their right distribution did the earliest blade of grass appear, the fruitful tree arise, " the moving creature, that hath life," animate the scene, and " the fowl fly in the open firmament of heaven." As we ponder such a process, complacency at our own doings gives place to admiration of the Divine. It has been of late a season of jubilee in this city. A stream from one of nature's reservoirs has been led for twenty miles beneath the ground, through hills and rocks, across swamps and rivers, to pour its refreshment into the heart of our city and the magnificent triumph of human energy and skill has been celebrated with unparalleled displays of splendor and rejoicing. And whether we look at the greatness of the work now accomplished, its vital connections with the health, happiness, and morality of a great city, its relation to ever-increasing and future wants, or at the difficulties and delays atten...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen<