 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 570 pages
...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 his " aid ? "—But in spite of this most earnest appeal the motion was rejected, since, as we are told, " the... | |
 | James McFarlane Mathews - Bible - 1851 - 286 pages
...lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — tliat 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 his aid 1 We have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...imagine we no longer need His assistance ? I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, —...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 His aid ? We have... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...seen that God governs in the affairs of men. And it' not a sparrow falls to the ground without him, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured in the sacred writings, that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. This... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 414 pages
...a motion for daily prayers. " I have " lived, Sir," said he, " a long time, and the longer I live " the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that...the affairs of men. And if a sparrow " cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it pro* Works, vol. ii. p. 550. ed. 1840. f Memoirs, eh. vi. "... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 pages
...a motion for daily prayers. " I have " lived, Sir," said he, " a long time, and the longer I live " the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that...the affairs of men. And if a sparrow " cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it pro" bable that an empire can rise without Ms aid ?" —But... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 416 pages
...forward a motion for daily prayers. "I have lived, Sir," said he , "a long time , and the longer I live the more convincing "proofs I see of this truth ,...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 "his aid?" • —... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...imagine we no longer need His assistance ; 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 c:uinot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid... | |
 | 1854 - 594 pages
...we imagine that we no longer need His assistance ? I have lived a long time ; aud the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth —...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 His aid? We have been... | |
 | 1867 - 290 pages
...wisdom and guidance for me. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. — "I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that...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 his aid ? We have... | |
| |
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... 
