 | Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 pages
...have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this ; and...believe, that, without his concurring aid, we shall i succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel ; we shall be divided by... | |
 | Thomas Binney - 1851 - 166 pages
...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? We have been assured, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.'... | |
 | James McFarlane Mathews - Bible - 1851 - 286 pages
...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 been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...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, "... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...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...Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe that, without His concurring... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...truth, — that God gocerns 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...Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe that, without His concurring... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it," I firmly believe this ; and...without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this politieal building no better than the builders of Babel ; we shall be divided by our little, partial,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...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...writings, that' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that, without His concurring... | |
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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. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... 
