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Wonderful It All Is

August 9th, 2007 at 11:25 pm » Comments (0)

Wonderful It All Is.–Wonderful!  Within us is an Almighty Architect, who superintends a thousand skilled laborers, that make a way which puzzles human comprehension; theory fiber of muscle; they are a filament of nerve; here constructing a bone; they are uniting attendant — fashioning each with the most scrupulous care and unerring nicety.  Without the buzz [...]



Transformation of Food Into Flesh

August 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm » Comments (0)

Transformation of Food Into Flesh.– How strange this is — the transformation of food into human flesh, into human thoughts!  We eat a meal; it is composed of meat, bread, vegetables and liquids.  The more solid part is ground by the teeth, mixed with the different juices, dissolved, changed, organize and is swept through the [...]