Scientific Illustrations Exodus 11:4-10 And Moses said, Thus said the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the middle of Egypt:… We learn from Professor Bischoff that the steam of a hot spring at Aix-la-Chapelle, although its temperature is only from 133° to 167° F., has converted the surface of some blocks of black marble into a doughy mass. He conceives, therefore, that steam in the bowels of the earth, having a temperature equal to or even greater than the melting point of lava, and, having an elasticity of which even Papin's digester can give but a faint idea, may convert rocks into liquid matter. These wonderful facts might suggest useful thoughts to the despots of the world. Despotism interdicts the expression of political convictions, and seeks to bury them under the adamantean weight of oppressive decrees and colossal cruelty. But it is an unerring moral taw that the warm aspirations of a virtuous people shall — like the subtle subterranean gases — arise to freedom, and, despite all impediments, dissolve in due time even the hard and hoary foundations of injustice. (Scientific Illustrations.). Parallel Verses KJV: And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:WEB: Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt, |
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