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God sendeth cold after clothes.
God sendeth cold after clothes.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.
My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.
Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse read more
Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]