I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... Niles' Weekly Register - Page 1101819Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...the longer I live, the more convincihg proofs I see of this truth, That GOD governs in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...without his aid ?—We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that" except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...That GOD governs ••• the affairs of men I And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground with' out his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise...without his aid ? — We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I... | |
| 1821 - 702 pages
...the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it" I... | |
| 664 pages
...the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build • it."... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men ! And if a »parrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid 1— We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writing«, that " except the Lord build the house, they... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs ofmeii. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without...rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire...rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in rain that build it." I... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 628 pages
...the longer I live, tine more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable Unit an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire...rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I... | |
| John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without h(s aid ? We have been assured, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they... | |
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