...it is from the combustion of bitumen, that the black smoke chiefly arises during a volcanic eruption ("the smoke of the Country went up as the smoke of a furnace," Gen. 19: 28). "Muriate of soda, * It is certainly true, that the art of the chemist and the manufacturer...

...of the soil ; where it is said that Abraham got up early in the morning, and " looked towards Sodom `` ^9 6 Y ~ O ݷ?պ w ߾ v _ 6n ߻ [; vw 5 3 w_ s = 5 \ n > uɪW 5 ö The character of this catastrophe approaches nearest to that of a volcanic eruption : an opinion which...

...Gomorrah, and towards HEBREW HISTORY. 9 all the land of the plain, perhaps about thirty miles distant, and lo, the smoke of the country, went up as the smoke of a furnace," (Gen. xix. 27, 28) and thus, that valley which was full of inhabitants, and fruitful as " the garden...

...brow of Carberry. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. " And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and lo! the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." (Written in her fourteenth year.) 0 dread was the night, when o'er Sodom's wide plain The fire of heaven...

...Jehovah, " he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Then he but too well knew that he had judged all too favourably of Sodom, when he had reckoned that...

...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand;...

...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand ;...

...picture of wretchedness, and which gave to the whole region round about the aspect Abraham beheld when " lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace," — made Walsall stand out in pleasant contrast. The town is large, as the circular points out. The...

...upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ;" and Abraham too " beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace."1 Perhaps both causes were at work ; for volcanic action and earthquakes go hand in hand ;...

...folly and disobedience !—Then God sent fire and brimstone out of heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. He overthrew the cities and all the inhabitants ; and made them an example to those who should afterwards...