Reflections for Every Day in the Year

FOR

EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR,

ΟΝ

THE WORKS OF GOD,

AND OF

HIS PROVIDENCE THROUGHOUT
ALL NATURE.

From the GERMAN of

MR. C. C. STUR M.

The Seventh Edition.

VOLUME I.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

MEDITATION On New-year's day,

The blessings granted by God to us in winter,

Daily proofs of God's providence,

Several ufes of fire,

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Winter amusements,

The care which Providence takes of animals du-
ring winter,

The pleasures of winter,

Vegetables,

Singular state of man when asleep,

Advantages of the climate we inhabit,

The fertility which snow gives to the earth,

Contemplation of the starry heavens,

Discoveries made by the microscope,

Advantages of night,

Reflections on myself,

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,

The rapidity with which human life passes away, 65

Frost sometimes seen on glass windows,

The use of bread,

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Our duty in regard to sleep,

Revolutions which are constantly in nature,

Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-

kind,

The use of stars,

The wonderful make of the eye,

The influence which the cold has upon health,

A temperature always the same would not be good

for the earth,

On fogs,

The flux and reflux,

The sun does not always appear,

The order eftablished by God in regard to the

life and death of man,

Reflections on ice,

The spherical form of the earth,

On the short duration of snow,

A short history of the creation,

Bodily advantages the beafts have over us,

The moon,

The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful,

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,

Singularity in the kingdom of minerals,

Daily proofs experienced of divine providence,

Tranquillity of the night,

Winter is the image of our life,

Use of mountains,

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Motives for confidence in. God,

An invitation to contemplate God in the works

of nature,

Bad weather,

State of some animals during winter,

The extreme smallness of certain bodies,

Winter gradually subsides,

The human body, relative to its exterior parts,

The hope of spring,

The white frost,

Variety of means which contribute to the fertility

The uniformity and variety in the works of nature, 176

Seeds,

The advantages the sea procures us,

The difference between animals and plants,

On the size and distance of the sun,

The imperfect knowledge we have of nature,

Use of vegetables,

The construction of the human heart,

The change of seasons,

The motion of the earth,

The immense riches of nature,

Several things which appear to be of no use,

Harmony between the moral and physical world, 196

The nature and properties of air,

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There is nothing new under the sun,

Caves in the mountains,

Wonderful construction of the ear,

The milky way,

Reflections on the seeds of plants,

The blue colour of the sky,

Use and necessity of air,

Different soils of the earth,

Circulation of the sap in trees,

Our ignorance of our future state,

The insensible approaches of night,

Magnificence of God in his works,

The arrangement of the seasons in the other planets, 213.

Paternal cares of Providence for the preservation

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of our lives in every part of the world,

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