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Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]
Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. read more
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his read more
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his good time.
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
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.
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of read more
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms read more
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]