Word: earth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...creation. The sun in his glorious course, the moon as she shines peacefully in the heavens at night, the roar of the sea, the growl of thunder and the flaring of lightning,- all are manifestations of God's presence. In early times my forefathers had no cathedral but the earth, no ceiling but the sky above their heads, no floor but the ground beneath their feet, no altar lights but the moon and stars; yet then was religion most real and most accessible to them...
...formation of mountain chains be satisfactorily explained by the progressive refrigeration or the earth's interior alone...
Professor Drummond went on to speak of the theory of evolution. Everything in this life is kept up by the death of things around it, and it is to this function of reproduction in nature that all happiness in the world is due. The fruits of the earth are the fruits of reproduction, all beauty in the world comes along the line of reproduction. We live by what this function has done...
...atmosphere of the earth been subjected to great changes in mass or in chemical constitution since the dawn of light...
Professor Searle next touched upon Satellites. The moon rotates on its axis once during each revolution around the Earth, hence keeps the same face always towards the Earth...