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1 in's conductor disarm the thunder cloud ; and 

 all the other means that, non sine Deo, have been 

 invented to render harmless the action of the 

 physical powers under certain circumstances ; 

 but I would merely assert that constant super- 

 intendence of the Deity over the world that he 

 has created, and Who upholdeth all things by the 

 word of his power, which we call Providence, by 

 which, in general as well as individually, his will 

 has full accomplishment; and every substance 

 or being, whether animate or inanimate, takes 

 the station which he has assigned to it. This is 

 no miraculous interference out of the general 

 course of nature, but the adaptation of that 

 course to answer the wise purposes of Provi- 

 dence, which selects individuals, and distin- 

 guishes them from other individuals by events, 

 as to this world, seemingly prosperous or adverse, 

 but which have their ultimate reference to the 

 spiritual world, and to their final destiny. As 

 God willeth not that any should perish, so he 

 withholdeth not from any the means, that, if 

 duly used and improved, will be sufficient for 

 his salvation ; and in all his dealings with man- 

 kind he hath this great and merciful object in 

 view. 



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