 | William Paley - 1849 - 306 pages
...arrangement, of the hand of a great Designer.] CHAPTER XXII. ASTRONOMY.* My opinion of astronomy has always been, that it is not the best medium through which...intelligent Creator ; but that this being proved, it shows, beyond all other sciences, the magnificence of His operations. The mind which is once convinced,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1850 - 416 pages
...room for the supposition that their combination might have been fortuitous — and hence astronomy is not the best medium through which to prove the agency of an intelligent Creator — although in the language of Dr. Paley if this can be proved by other means, it shows beyond all... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...and great goodness. " My opinion of astronomy has always been," says Dr. Paley, " that it is not tlie best medium through which to prove the agency of an intelligent Creator." The opinion is not without some foundation. But I must acknowledge that no part of Dr. Paley's masterly... | |
 | Josiah Crampton - 1853 - 140 pages
...the unfeigned admiration and praise of the Christian ? It has been said by Dr. Paley, that "astronomy is not the best medium through which to prove the agency of an Intelligent Creator." This, he says, arises from our want of knowledge of the constitution of the heavenly bodies — both... | |
 | James McCosh, George Dickie - 1856 - 562 pages
...has been quoted with approbation by others, — " My opinion of astronomy," says he, " has all along been that it is not the best medium through which...other sciences the magnificence of his operations." ' Now, it may be admitted that Astronomy does not display so many cases of special adjustment as the... | |
 | James McCosh, George Dickie - 1857 - 576 pages
...which has been quoted with approbation by others,—"My opinion of astronomy," says he, " has all along been that it is not the best medium through which...intelligent Creator; but that this being proved, it shows beyond all other sciences the magnificence of his operations." 1 Now, it may be admitted that... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - 1867 - 352 pages
...interesting than the region of the atmosphere. " My opinion of astronomy," says Paley, " has always been that it is not the best medium through which...intelligent Creator; but that this being proved, it shows, beyond all other sciences, the magnificence of His operations." In the region of the atmosphere... | |
 | William Hillier - 1881 - 258 pages
...1802 ; and the first sentence in the 22nd chapter reads thus: — "My opinion of astronomy has always been that it is not the best medium through which...intelligent Creator ; but that, this being proved, it shows, beyond all other sciences, the magnificence of His operations. The mind which is once convinced,... | |
 | John James Van Nostrand - 1903 - 28 pages
...astronomer, she takes exception to • a remark by Paley, in his " Natural Theology," that " astronomy is not the best medium through which to prove the agency of an intelligent Creator," and to controvert the assertion gives to the world the benefit of her observations. " We must not be... | |
 | D. S. Bendall - 1983 - 612 pages
...the solar system (see below). Paley's instincts here were right. My opinion of Astronomy has always been, that it is not the best medium through which to prove the agency of an intelligent Creator. . .The very simplicity of [the heavenly bodies'j appearance is against them... Now we deduce design... | |
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MY opinion of Astronomy has always been, that it is not the best medium through which to prove the agency of an intelligent Creator ; but that, this being proved, it shews, beyond all other sciences, the magnificence of his operations. 
