OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 43:2

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The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.

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Verse 2. High. The sun is the most excellent of all irrational creatures, affording light ( Worthington.) and heat for the production of things; ( Bible.) whence Aristotle (de Anima ii.) styles it “father of men and of gods.” Yet it is inferior to man, being devoid of reason. All creatures manifest God’s majesty; the little as well as the great. Worthington.

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