Bible Dictionary: The Moon: Made to Glorify God

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Psalm 148:3
Praise you him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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Letter vi. --For 334. Easter-Day, xii Pharmuthi, vii Id. April ...
... April; xvii Moon; Æra Dioclet. ... us not be occupied with meats, but let us glorify
the Lord ... those who increased the grace twofold, both him who made ten talents ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter vi for 334 easter-day xii.htm

Again on the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 25, "I Thank Thee, O ...
... as to foretell the eclipses of the sun and moon; and that ... being understood by the
things that are made, even His ... Is this then to glorify God; to give God thanks ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xviii again on the.htm

Rom. xv. 8
... Now all these quotations he has given to show that we ought to be united, and to
glorify God; and also, to ... hear him saying, "He made the moon for seasons ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxviii rom xv 8.htm

God's Glory the Chief End of Man's Being
... Other creatures are called to glorify God, but it is rather a ... and woods and seas
and sun and moon, and exhort ... wonder that man, whom God hath made so glorious ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture i gods glory the.htm

The Sad Case of a Relapse into Known and Deliberate Sin, after ...
... every side; so that neither sun, nor moon, nor stars ... the very same way in which you
made your first ... Such a one will rather desire to glorify God, by submitting ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxiii the sad case.htm

I Would Lay Open Before My God that Nine-And-Twentieth Year of ...
... of the day, and what part of its light, moon or sun ... But the Only Begotten is Himself
made unto us wisdom, and ... Him, knowing Him to be God, they glorify Him not ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter iii i would lay.htm

Having Heard Faustus, the Most Learned Bishop of the Manichæans ...
... at what quarter of its light, either moon or sun ... Him, knowing that He is God, they
glorify Him not ... of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iii having heard faustus the.htm

1 Timothy i. 15, 16
... so called; we say those are well-made, which are ... we alike behold this universe, the
sun, the moon, and the ... Let us then "glorify God, and take and bear Him in ...
/.../homily iv 1 timothy i.htm

Proof of the Absurdity of the Refusal to Glorify the Spirit, from ...
... Proof of the absurdity of the refusal to glorify the Spirit ... there is a certain glory
of sun and moon and stars ... Spirit of life," it is said, "hath made" us "free ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/chapter xxiv proof of the.htm

Of God and his Attributes.
... When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ... humiliation of the soul before
him who made it. ... To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in ...
/.../sect i of god and.htm