There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
WILLIAM COWPEREvents of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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