 | Conduct of life - 1871 - 784 pages
...our favor. To that kind Providence, we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity; and...now forgotten that powerful Friend? or do we imagine wre no longer need His assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
 | Church and state - 1872 - 236 pages
...our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And...powerful friend ? — or, do we imagine we no longer need its (His) assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 pages
...our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And...powerful Friend? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...our favor. To" that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And...powerful Friend ? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1875 - 746 pages
...should choose a chaplain to open their sessions with prayer. " I have lived a long time," said he ; " and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 678 pages
...our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend ? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir,...more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that Clod governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice,... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1876 - 1086 pages
...proposed they should choose a chaplain to open their sessions by prayer. Said he : " I have lived -a loug time ; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without bis notice, is it possible that... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Statesmen - 1876 - 394 pages
...favor. To that kind Providence we, owe this happy opportunity of consulting, in peace, on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And...forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance ? " I have lived, sir, a long time. And the longer I live, the... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And...now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that \ve no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the... | |
 | Joseph Alden - United States - 1876 - 324 pages
...our future national 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, and tho longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS... | |
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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. 
