 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...danger, we had daily prayers iu this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, Sir, were heard;—and they were graciously answered. All of us, who were...Sir, a long time ; and 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... | |
 | 1818 - 594 pages
...national felicity- And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer heed its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I seg of this truth, That GOD governs ••• the affairs of men I And if a sparrow cannot fall to... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend 1 Or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance 1 I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live,...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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 616 pages
...applying to the Father of lights lo illuminate their understandings?—" I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time; and the 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 his notice, is it... | |
 | 1821 - 356 pages
...future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I lire, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 554 pages
...imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it. We...more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God govern* in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 pages
...the different forms of those republics, which, having been originally formed with the seeds of then- own dissolution, now no longer exist ; and we have...convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in tJie affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable... | |
 | 1831 - 416 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? — or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time ; —...proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the a/airs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 600 pages
...our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend 1 or do we imagine that we no longer need its assistance ? I have lived, sir,...time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the... | |
 | 1834 - 500 pages
...we now forgotten that powerful Friend ? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance ? I hare lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the...proofs I see of this truth. That God governs in the ajfairi of men. And if a sparrow connot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that... | |
| |
I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live. the more convincing proofs I see of this truth : That GOD goverra 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... 
