Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)
The doctrine of providence is not a philosophical system but a confession of faith that, notwithstanding appearances, only God–by his almighty and everywhere present power–preserves and governs all things. This conviction spares us from superficial optimism and presumptuous pessimism alike; we neither deny life’s riddles nor wallow in despair.
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