 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 704 Seiten
...we imagine we no longer need His assistance? I have lived for a long time — (eighty-one years) ; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I...of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2004 - 500 Seiten
...society without religion. John Adams called it 'the best book in the world.' and Ben Franklin said, '...the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men... without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders... | |
 | David Warren Saxe - 2004 - 320 Seiten
...Henge Earthworks and Stones (England) Celtic Legacy in the American Founding The Most Wonderful Thing "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see...of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 556 Seiten
...Britain, when we were sensible to danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection... The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth— that God govern in the affairs of man" (Johnston, 1987, p. 69). Shortly before his death, he wrote, "You desire... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison, Jeffrey Morrison - 2004 - 314 Seiten
...Papers, 4:505-6. 33. Franklin, Autohiography, 65. 34. "I have lived, Sir, a long time," Franklin said, "and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men." Speech of June 28, 1787, in Max Farrand, ed., The... | |
 | John R. Vile - 2005 - 1009 Seiten
...Franklin proceeded almost as though he were an evangelical minister rather than the sage man of the world: 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 with his... | |
 | Claude T. Stauffer - 2005 - 236 Seiten
...some of the following quotes about our Christian foundation and its essential place in our government: 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... | |
 | Wendy Toliver - 2004 - 511 Seiten
...on God. — Ralph Waldo Emerson The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods. — Socrates The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see...of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can... | |
 | Janet Pope - 2005 - 140 Seiten
...the Continental Congress in the 1780s made this declaration which has carried forward to this day, "I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proof I see of this truth - that God governs in the affairs of men ... I therefore move that henceforth... | |
 | Ken Clifton - 2005 - 191 Seiten
...tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope..." Benjamin Franklin once said, "I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men." This quote from the Constitutional... | |
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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 goverra 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... 
