Bøker av Robert Hunt

This book outlines all the important discoveries that had been made in natural philosophy up to the end of 1853 near when it was published. It conveys an assurance that every truth, however abstract it may appear, has a large popular value if studied in its relation to those generalities that embrace great natural phenomena. The True is the Beautiful. Whenever this becomes evident to our senses, its influences are of a soul-elevating character. The beautiful, whether it is perceived in the external forms of matter, associated in the harmonies of light and colour, appreciated in the modulations of sweet sounds, or mingled with those influences which are, as the inner life of creation, ever appealing to the soul through the vesture which covers all things, is the natural theme of the poet, and the chosen study of the philosopher.

Do animals really have souls? asks Robert Hunt in his work, Is My Dog in Heaven? A Biblical Answer. If so, would this just be a comfort to animal lovers or would it enlarge our thoughts of God? From earliest childhood, the author has had a deep conviction that his friends in the animal kingdom understood him and could share his feelings, whether of happiness or grief. It was second nature to him to believe they would also share the afterlife. To give a sound basis to his instinctive belief, the author, now a Presbyterian minister, looked to the Bible for reassurance. From the creation story through the covenants made both in the Old and New Testaments, he examines what the Bible has to say on the subject and the implications to mankind of the biblical answer.