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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
385530B
ASTOR, LEXOX AND TILDEN HUOMwaz UNS
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W, Wilson, Pinter, St. John's Square.
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MEDITATIONS on New Year's Day
The blessings granted to us by God in winter,
and to which we pay too little attention
Daily proofs which God gives us of his pro-
vidence
Several uses of fire
Winter amusements
The care which providence takes of animals dur-
ing the winter season
The pleasures of winter
Vegetables which preserve their verdure in winter 16
The singular state of man when asleep.
The advantages of the climate we inhabit .
The fertility which snow gives to the earth
Contemplation of the starry heavens
Discoveries made by means of the microscope
The advantages of night .
Reflections on myself
The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold
The repose of nature during winter
The Laplanders . .
The wise ordinance of our globe
Short meditations on the works of God, drawn
from the holy scriptures
Wonders of the human voice
The duty of collecting our thoughts in winter
The fear of spectres
Subterraneous fires
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Comets.
57
Snow
59
The rapidity with which human life passes away
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The frost sometimes seen on glass windows
The use of bread
65
Our duty in regard to sleep
67
Revolutions which are constantly in nature
69
Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-
kind
71
The influence which the cold has upon healtlı
A temperature always the same would not be
good for the earth
76
The use of stars.
79
The wonderful make of the eye.
89
On fogs
85
The flux and refux of the sea .
87
The sun does not always appear
90
Earthquakes
92
The order established by God in regard to the
life and death of man
. 95
Reflections on ice...
The spherical form of our earth
99
On the short duration of snow
101
A short history of the creation
103
Bodily advantages the beasts have over us
105
The moon
The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful. 110
The images of death which winter affords .
Means to procure fire.
The equal distribution of the seasons
The utility of our senses
Elevation of the soul to God
Causes of heat and cold .
Singularities in.the kingdom of minerals . .
Daily proofs experienced of divine providence - 126
Tranquillity of the night..
Winter is the image of our life
Use. of. mountains
97
108
partea de moral and physical world 161
aaraaries of or
ne til under the sun
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approaches of night
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pod God in his works
format the seasons in other planets
as di providence for the preservation
Skin every part of the world
Motives for confidence in God.
An invitation to contemplate God in the works
way
of nature
Bad weather
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The human body relatively to its exterior parts . 151
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The state of some animals during winter
Winds and tempests
The aurora borealis
The extreme smallness of certain bodies
Winter gradually subsides
man
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The hope of spring
The white frost.
Variety of means which contribute to the fertility
The advantages the sca procures us
The difference between animals and plants
ture
the
Seeds
Of the size and distance of the sun
The imperfect knowledge we have of nature
Use of vegetables
construction of the human heart The change of seasons
159
The uniformity and variety in the works of na.
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The
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Several things which appear to be of no use.
176
Harmony between the moral and physical world 181
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Our ignorance of our future state
191
The arrangement of the seasons in other planets 197
195
Paternal cares of providence for the preservation
of our lives in every part of the world
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The nature and properties of air
There is nothing new under the sun .
Caves in the mountains
Circulation of the sap in trees .
The'insensible approaches of night
Magnificence of God in his works
Abuse of animals
The motion of the earth
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The immense riches of nature
Sun rise
207
Wonderful construction of the ear
. 210
The milky way :
212
Reflections on the seeds of plants
214
The blue colour of the sky
Use and necessity of air.
218
Different soils of the earth.
220
Necessity for repose at night
229
Size of our globe
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Generation of birds
226
Prognostics of the weather.
28
The situation of the sun
Permanency of corporeal beings
232
The use of rain
233
The breath
Proofs which the works of the creation furnish
us of the goodness of God
238
Pleasing effect of the heat of the sun
Relation that all creatures have with one another 242
The integral parts of water.
245
The propagation of plants
247
Variety observable in the features of the face 249
God's universal care of his creatures
Flowers of the month of April.
The return of the birds
Use of forests
257
Fleasures which the contemplation of nature
affords
259
Animals are causes for man lo glorify God 261
The system of the world.
Reflections on the blossoms of trees.
Continual revolutions and changes in the carth . 268
An invitation to seek God in the works of nature 270
The dawn of day
Wonders of vision
274
Spring renews the face of the earth
The springing ap of seeds
278
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