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Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, read more
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Out of the sea
the sun aborning
Not adorned but
all adorning
with his awesome light
of morning
says to read more
Out of the sea
the sun aborning
Not adorned but
all adorning
with his awesome light
of morning
says to you
Come! My Mavoorning!
God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]
God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]
There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.
There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
