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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
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.
God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the read more
God made bees, and bees made honey,
God made man, and man made money,
Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin;
So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
- transcribed by James Henry Dixon,
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
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.
God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
