02533cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000110010610000520011724500160016926400510018530000470023633600260028333700260030933800360033550000310037150801920040252013360059453400640193065300190199465300150201365300150202865300330204385600760207685600430215277946UtSlPG20260610134815.0mcr n260607r20261863utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBVaQC1 aWarren, Israel P.q(Israel Perkins),d1814-189210aSnow-flakes 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-02-15  aTim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Snow-flakes" by Israel P. Warren is a devotional natural history tract written in the mid-19th century. It examines snow’s crystal forms and winter landscapes to draw moral and theological lessons, blending simple natural description with Scripture, anecdotes, and poetry to kindle wonder and reverence for the Creator.

The opening of this tract sets a modest aim: accurate, nontechnical sketches of snow-crystals drawn chiefly from Nettis, Scoresby, and Glaisher, with practical advice for observing flakes on a chilled pane of glass. Early chapters explain three basic crystal types (prismatic, pyramidal, lamellar) and their endless hexagonal variations, note broad weather links to different forms, and emphasize their precise symmetry, purity, and beauty as signs of divine order. Brief essays then move from grace and beauty to weakness and power—showing the flake’s fragility, its cumulative might in storms and drifts, and the cheer of sleighs and schoolyard play alongside winter’s perils—before turning to beneficence: snow as reservoir for great rivers, an insulating and light-brightening mantle, and a layered alpine cover that protects plant life. Throughout, Scripture texts and poems punctuate the observations, tying natural facts to spiritual reflections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: American Tract Society, 1863  aChristian life  aGift books  aSnowflakes  aSnow -- Literary collections4 uhttps://archive.org/details/snowflakeschapte00warriala/page/n7/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77946