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CONTENTS.
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MEDITATIONS on New Year's Day
1
The blessings granted to us by God in winter,
and to which we pay too little attention
3
Daily proofs which God gives us of his pro-
vidence
Several uses of fire
Winter amusements
The care which providence takes of animals dur-
ing the winter season
11
The pleasures of winter
14
Vegetables which preserve their verdure in winter 16
The singular state of man when asleep.
18
The advantages of the climate we inhabit
21
The fertility which snow gives to the earth 23
Contemplation of the starry heavens
25
Discoveries made by means of the microscope 29
• The advantages of night .
31
Reflections on myself .
33
The hurt occasioned by extraordinary cold 35
The repose of nature during winter .
37
The Laplanders:
40
The wise ordinance of our globe
43
Short meditations on the works of God, drawn
from the holy scriptures
45
Wonders of the human voice
48
The duty of collecting our thoughts in winter 50
The fear of spectres
53
Subterraneous fires
54
kind :
domets.
57
Snow
59
The rapidity with which human life passes away
61
The frost sometimes seen on glass windows 63
The use of bread
65
Our duty in regard to sleep
67
Revolutions which are constantly in nature 69
Every thing in nature tends to the good of man-
71
The influence which the cold has upon healtlı 74
A temperature always the same would not be
good for the earth
76
The use of stars.
79
The wonderful make of the eye
82
On fogs
85
The flux and reflux of the sea .
87
The sun does not always appear.
90
Earthquakes
92
The order established by God in regard to the
life and death of man.
95
Reflections on ice
97
The spherical form of our earth
99
On the short duration of suow
101
A short history of the creation
Bodily advantages the beasts have over us 105
The moon.
The rain waters the earth, and makes it fruitful . 110
The images of death which winter affords .
Means to procure fire .
114
The equal distribution of the seasons
116
The utility of our senses
Elevation of the soul to God
Causes of heat and cold .
Singularities in the kingdom of minerals .
Daily proofs experienced of divine providence 126
Tranquillity of the night .
127
Winter is the image of our life
129
Use of mountains
132
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Motives for confidence in God.
13+
An invitation to contemplate God in the works of nature
136
Bad weather
139
The state of some animals during winter
140
Winds and tempests
The aurora borealis
145
The extreme'smallness of certain bodies
147
Winter gradually subsides
149
The human body relatively to its exterior parts . 151
The hope of spring
The wbite frost .
155
Variety of means which contribute to the fertility
of nature
156
The advantages the sea procures us
159
The difference between animals and plants 161
The uniformity and variety in the works of na-
ture
164
Seeds
Of the size and distance of the sun
168
The imperfect knowledge we have nf nature .
Use of vegetables
The construction of the human heart
175
The change of seasons
Several things which appear to be of no use 179
Harmony between the moral and physical world 181
The nature and properties of air
184
There is nothing new under the sun.
Caves in the mountains
Circulation of the sap in trees .
189
Our ignorance of our future state
191
The insensible approaches of night
Magnificence of God in his works
195
The arrangement of the seasons in other planets 197
Paternal cares of providence for the preservation
of our lives in every part of the world
199
Abuse of animals
201
The motion of the earth
903
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• 185
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19+
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222
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The immense riches of nature
205
Sun rise
207
Wonderful construction of the ear
• 210
The milky way :
. 212
Reflections on the seeds of plants
214
The blue colour of the sky
Use and necessity of air .
Different soils of the earth
Necessity for repose at night
Size of our globe
224
Generation of birds
226
Prognostics of the weather
228
The situation of the sun.
230
Permanency of corporeal beings
232
The use of rain
233
The breath
Proofs which the works of the creation furnish
us of the goodness of God
238
Pleasing effect of the heat of the sun
240
Relation that all creatures have with one another 24%
The integral parts of water. .
245
The propagation of plants
247
Variety observable in the features of the face 249
God's universal care of his creatures
251
Flowers of the month of April.
253
The return of the birds
256
Use of forests
257
Fleasures whiich the contemplation of nature
affords
259
Animals are causes for man to glorify God 261
The system of the world .
264
Reflections on the blossoms of trees.
266
Continual revolutions and changes in the earth. 268
An invitation to seek God in the works of nature 270
The dawn of day
279
Wonders of vision
274
Spring renews the face of the earth
276
The springing up of seeds
278
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The chick in the egg
• 280
On the buds of flowers
283
Indefatigable labours of the bee
• 284
How providence has provided food for animals 286
The senses of animals
289
Order in the succession of flowers
292
The zoophites
294
The pleasure of cultivating fields and gardens 296
The tulip
298
Reflections on grass
300
Sentiments which the contemplation of the sky
excites
302
Fruitfulness of Plants .
Description of the beauties of spring
The language of animals.
308
The greatness and number of the creatures on
the earth
311
Spring is an emblem of the frailty of humau life,
and an image of death .
314
Spring is an emblem of the resurrection of the
body...
316
The attractive power of bodies
Complaints of mankind, relative to certain incon.
veniences in the laws of nature
Sins we are apt to commit in spring
The harmony and patriotism among the bees.
The prodigious number of plants on the earth 327
Plurality of worlds
329
Difference between the works of nature and those
of art.
331
Leaves of trees
The reviving power of the sun .
335
The desires of the soul are infinite
337
The use of rivers
340
The variety of Aowers
342
The use of venomous plants and animals
344
The perfume of flowers
346
The multitude of animals
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