| Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...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...can rise without his aid ? — We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
| Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1848 - 908 pages
...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...empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build... | |
| Joseph Alden - Brothers - 1848 - 156 pages
...assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more I see of this truth, that GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN. And, if a...empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that except the Lord build the house, they labor 4 in vain that build... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...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...empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build... | |
| John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...long 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 his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings,... | |
| Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1850 - 882 pages
...lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing' proofs I see of this trnth— that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow...empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
| Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...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...empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it'... | |
| 586 pages
...Sir," said ho, "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 proluiblo that an empire can rise without his aid?" But in spite of this most earnest appeal the motion... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...Sir," said he, " a " long time, and the longer I live the more con" vincing proofs I see of this truth, that God " governs in the affairs of men. And if a...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, "... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 614 pages
...Sir," said he, " a " long time, and the longer I live the more con" vincing proofs I see of this truth, that God " governs in the affairs of men. And if a...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, "... | |
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