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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,
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.]
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
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.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
'Tis Providence alone secures
In every change both mine and yours.
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 special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
