...goodness? Could any but a kind and gracious Being have done this ? " Ask now of the beasts," says Job, "and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the...and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee." But turn, now, from all these, and look — yes, look at one human heart. How infinite the difference...

...and ceremonies. But there is another source of knowledge, which I would not overlook. Job said ; " Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and...shall tell thee : or speak to the earth, and it shall instruct thee." I say too, ask the heavens and the earth, and they shall impart some profitable knowledge...

...robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly, whereas it is he that ham given all into their hands: 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the birds of thé air, and they shall tell thee. 8 Speak to the earth, and it shall answer thee: and the...

...immediate agency of God, and bid us draw from them lessons of wisdom. "Ask now the beasts," says he, "and they shall teach thee, and the fowls of the air,...teach thee ; and the fishes of the sea shall declare it unto thee. Who knoweth not, in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? The writers...

...practical divinity in the very bosom of nature, if we had the skill to find it out. Job biddeth us, "Ask the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls...speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the ashes of the sea shall declare unto thee." They speak by our thoughts. Secondly, There is set and solemn...

...basic, absolutely essential quality of intelligence that Homo saps seem destined never to acquire. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;...thee. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. Fat chance, Job. As suddenly as it appeared, the wind now dies. The rain fizzles and stops. And thanks...

...1964). 3 "But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth." "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee:...and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. / Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? / In whose hand is the...

...ant, thou sluggard' (6.6), and the advice of the book ofjob: 'But ask now the beasts and they will teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall...and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.' (12.7f.). But nowhere in scripture do we encounter the extended moral commentaries of the kind which...

...and all the other ugly produce of modern man's (and woman's) mindless mania for so-called progress. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;...thee. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. Fat chance, Job. As suddenly as it appeared, the wind now dies. The rain fizzles to a drizzle, and...

...vapors talk to the Great Spirit. In the Book of Job, chapter 12, verse 7, "Ask the beasts and they will teach thee; and the fowls of the air and they shall tell thee": We communicate with the beasts and the fowls of the air. In the Book of Job, chapter 12, verse 8, "Or...