 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1889 - 708 pages
...convincing proofs I see of this truth, that OOD govern* in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow ean not fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire eau rise without his aid f We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings that 'oxcer. t the Lord... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Religious poetry - 1890 - 712 pages
...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...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.'... | |
 | Religion - 1892 - 702 pages
...long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men ; and if a sparrow cannot fall...it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? " In the first Congress under the Constitution, a Committee of Conference between the Senate and... | |
 | Ellis Sandoz - Political Science - 1999 - 253 pages
...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...is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?"21 These were representative views at the time. As Perry Miller remarked decades ago, the American... | |
 | Adrian Calabrese - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2000 - 274 pages
...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...probable that an empire can rise without his aid? I wish I'd said that. Words for the Wise (~\ TOW that you know everything there is to know about J.... | |
 | Sarah Hupp - Self-Help - 2001 - 90 pages
...needed compromise. "Gentlemen," he said, "I ... am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His...probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business."... | |
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - Religion - 2001 - 382 pages
...Records of the Convention 0/1787, Franklin got up and proposed that the sessions begin with a prayer: "If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His...is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"37 The delegates finally signed the new Constitution on September 17, 1787, a conclusion that... | |
 | James R. Wilburn - Political Science - 2002 - 188 pages
...floor and observed: "I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs the affairs...And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without God's notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" Franklin proceeded to introduce... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 628 pages
...famous, "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...probable that an empire can rise without his aid?" Franklin was a believer, even more so as he grew older, in a rather general and at times nebulous divine... | |
 | Jay Grossman - History - 2003 - 292 pages
...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...probable that an empire can rise without his aid? (Madison, Notes 209-10) Thus message and medium coalesce: the imperial publishing strategies of The... | |
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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... 
