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Providence is always on the side of the last reserve
Providence is always on the side of the last reserve
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing read more
When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one
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.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather read more
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.
