| 单词 | providential |
| 例句 | Although she was not particularly religious, the mother liked to make her plots providential. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Despite the confident and providential statements of leaders like Paine, Jefferson, and Adams, the conclusions that look so foregone to us had yet to congeal for them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His sudden return had been providential after all. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was providential that we would live together for those four years at college, and after graduation, we continued a friendship that was a healing balm. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just providential, as my mother used to say,” Mrs. Richardson had told her husband on hearing the news. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s unlikely that the debate ultimately changed any minds, but it did demonstrate a long-running historical theme that has made the U.S. fertile ground for the belief that God created humankind with a providential purpose. From Puritans to Ken Ham: The long history of creationism in America 2014-02-22T19:00:00Z Of course, it was not their leaders’ intention to distinguish themselves as environmentalists or conservationists, but by so abjectly failing to develop viable economic engines, they nonetheless had this providential effect. In Far-Flung Myanmar, a Land of Contradictions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z “Whether it’s providential, coincidence, or meant to be, the fact is what’s happening on Broadway is so diverse it’s almost utopian,” the Tony winner said. The revolution is bigger than “Hamilton”: This year’s Tony nods offer much-needed contrast to #OscarsSoWhite 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Even so serious a theologian as Jonathan Edwards once claimed the slave trade was the will of God—regrettable but providential, Edwards believed, because it introduced so many Africans to Christianity. Can the Church of Latter-day Saints accept its racist history? 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z But then this is a writer who will never use the expression "low tax" when he can reach for that providential euphemism "light touch fiscal policy". Cities Are Good for You by Leo Hollis – review 2013-04-17T10:17:21Z There was a time, of course, when its location was obvious, providential and economically significant. The smartest route to Pittsburgh: The one with no shortcuts 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the delayed renovation may have turned out to be providential for Geffen. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The show radiates an against-the-odds belief in an ineffable ordering principle, a sense that there are providential patterns within chaos. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The show had perhaps been conceived “in a completely different setting, with a different message,” she said, according to a news release, but it was “all the more providential to open this exhibition today.” A Blockbuster Exhibition, Ripped in Two by Russia’s War 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z This may not be a particularly exciting philosophy of history but it is important to avoid the myth of some fated or providential movement forward. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z The two creators were well aware that they were on treacherous ground but the delays proved providential. Can the Makers of ‘Money Heist’ Mint Another Hit With ‘Sky Rojo’? 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z A providential accident nearby soon deposits a handsome injured gentleman at their school; his friends visit; and vivacious Miss Asquith, practical Miss Pffolliott and scientific Miss Franklin become busy with more than their pianoforte lessons. A Jane Austen-esque novel for teens and other best books for young readers 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z According to Larson, this confidence in providential guidance and protection helped make Tubman fearless. Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z But one place art can come from is a life full of forces-difficult-to-make-fit-together, a life that finds, in art, a providential instrument for reconciling the jagged bits. Richard Ford Reviews Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But in both cases subtler emotions are shuttled toward sentimentality by providential automobile accidents. Video: A Master?s Baby Steps 2011-03-19T01:24:54Z One 1721 image here shows a providential eye peering through the clouds of a storm, beams of light streaming downward to illumine an embattled ship. Exhibition Review: At the Folger, a 200-Year Survey of the Sea 2010-08-18T18:21:00Z "But essentially it's a poem about hope, and about the sort of providential accident of one life being planted in another and making new things possible." Rowan Williams releases poem promoting organ donation 2013-07-11T14:36:39Z “It was providential, I tell you,” she said. Lurlene McDaniel has made a career of making people cry 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z In a footnote, the judge noted the former president's effort to turn his legal woes "into golden political capital, making it seem more providential than problematic," à la "Rumpelstiltskin." Fani Willis unleashes the Kraken: Trump and 18 others indicted on racketeering charges 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In a footnote, the judge observed the ex-president's attempts to turn his legal woes "into golden political capital, making it seem more providential than problematic," a la "Rumpelstiltskin." "Is Trump tired of losing yet?": Judge torches Trump lawyers over desperate bid to block Ga. charges 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z He calls his two decades on Capitol Hill a “providential” appointment, but says his long tenure was unanticipated. Senate Chaplain Barry Black marks 20 years, says he’s nonpartisan even when admonishing chamber 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z It invokes religious faith, patriotism and a belief that the United States is a providential undertaking. Opinion | Tim Scott 2024 is all about Eagle Scout Trumpism 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Many a past biographer has observed that Lincoln understood himself as an actor in a providential drama. Review | In Jon Meacham’s biography, Lincoln is a guiding light for our times 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Barring providential interferences, damages likely will be catastrophic for millions of people, wildlife, agriculture and, surely, the state’s chief economic driver, tourism. Opinion | Hurricanes I have known 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Nothing in God’s creation was evil: things that appeared evil to us were all part of God’s providential plan. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But the return of “Top Gun” when the world is warring, burning and slaughtering amid shortages, inflation and planetary despair, seems poetic if not providential. Opinion | Do you feel the need for speed? I know I do. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The trip had been booked months in advance — a providential twist, he said. What it’s like to be a Russian artist now 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Was America a place of moral and physical peril, or a providential opportunity to create a new and better world? Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Over the decades since Fleming’s death, his followers have persisted with this providential view of things. The War for the Rainforest 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Note: Zelensky never did investigate the Bidens, a decision that must seem providential in retrospect. Opinion | Volodymyr Zelensky, the modern warrior-artist 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The wartime hero and peacetime leader, through a disputed national referendum in 1962, turned the presidency into a personalized, popularly elected office, an all-powerful providential figure. ‘Rather Very Human’: As Election Nears, Macron Tries to Soften His Image 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Given the opportunity to temporarily leave the prison and solve his affairs, he steps into a providential occurrence. Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi on 'A Hero' and his own complicated feelings on fame in Iran 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z This year’s storms were unusual for October, but they also were providential. How did California's recent bomb cyclones compare with the 'Big Blow' of 1962? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Many of them sensed that they were in a providential moment, with a unique, clean slate upon which to establish a city on a hill. 55 statesmen revolutionized governance in creating Constitution 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Whether it was a bolt from the sky or the inevitable end for a condemned building, commentators on Twitter saw the collapse of the Floyd mural as providential or politically telling. George Floyd mural destroyed by lightning strike, witnesses say 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z His competitive breakthrough, however, was as providential and unexpected as the broken board that introduced him to surfing. Surfing saved Salvadoran Olympic hopeful Bryan Perez from gangs and despair 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z “It seems providential to celebrate the beatification of a doctor in the midst of a pandemic that affects all of humanity,” Giordano said. Venezuela’s ‘doctor of the poor’ beatified in small ceremony 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z All of this was providential, however, because it led to — well, to what? MyPillow, MyMovie, MyFascistAmerica: Mike Lindell's upbeat, incoherent "Absolute Proof" 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z He considered it a providential sign that he was meant to run, one day, for president. Herman Cain, pizza executive and 2012 GOP presidential hopeful, dies at 74 of covid-19 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The book’s recipes include many examples of the providential approach to cooking, including easily modified recipes for comfort-food favorites such as her favorite roast chicken and her mother’s Garlicky Noodle Soup. Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The personal and specific element is crucial here, because the Christian tradition offers not one but many different explanations for how suffering fits into a providential plan. Opinion | The Pandemic and the Will of God 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Then and now, it’s not obvious that anyone really took the providential formulation seriously. Review | John and Jessie Frémont’s story of gold, ambition and the American West 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z While not the original game plan, it was one that proved providential. Tiger Woods couldn't play on Day 3 at the Presidents Cup because his body was acting up, according to Fred Couples - Golf Digest 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z So when she finally answered a call from the foundation a few weeks ago and learned it was recognizing her police-reform efforts, she said it felt “providential.” Seattle police-reform advocate receives MacArthur ‘genius grant’: ‘It renewed my hope that people support this shift’ 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z "It is a permanent testament to the belief of the Polish people that true solidarity among people and among nations is only possible when that solidarity is seen in the light of a providential Creator." Pence, in Warsaw to memorialize start of WWII, pushes allies to 'live up to' defense commitments 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z But being No. 1 hasn't been providential at Augusta as of late. Masters 2019 morning rundown: Tiger shuns Thomas (on advice), Rose quells idea of curse, and an ominous Masters forecast - Golf Digest 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But the Dickensian saga of cruel twists and providential turns was only beginning. Review | Exposing injustice and a city’s dark side 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Their providential impulses are a nimbus of knives. “Cliffhanging” 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z George Bancroft in the nation-building era of the 19th century made the emergence of the American republic appear part of a providential plan. Review | How did America get here? Jill Lepore’s new book offers clues in our history. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z One of them, Sen. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, recalled that it was “strikingly providential” that Buchanan had brought “that strong, rugged, downright, patriotic man” into his cabinet at such a fateful hour. Opinion | Edwin Stanton Was Part of the ‘Resistance’—in 1860 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The idea of a “completely providential government” arose in America, and a “whole generation of young people were given college loans in a fabulous national mistake, in which the Republicans participated.” Opinion | Sage Against the Machine 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Religious conservatives will consider this providential and will, for perhaps the first time, thank God for Kennedy. Opinion | For the first time, conservatives might thank God for Kennedy 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The rest of the eight paintings, one of which shows the signing of the Declaration of Independence, illustrate “providential events,” McDowell had declared — meaning there was divine oversight. This conservative Christian guide to the nation’s capital vows to tell you what other tours won’t 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The countries share a providential belief that theirs is a land like no other. A Crisis Over Cricket Rocks Australia 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Our providential place in history is impossible to understand without them. Can America's worship of guns ever be changed? | Christopher Morrissey 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Russia, in Russian eyes, is “not a regular country, it’s a providential power that’s ordained by God.” Will Putin Ever Leave? Could He if He Wanted? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The moon was the ultimate travelling destination of his time, and moon travel a technological achievement pushing the historical and providential limits for mankind. Flying Chariots and Exotic Birds: How 17th Century Dreamers Planned to Reach the Moon 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Those early challenges that Pilgrims saw as providential tests of their faith now look like something more prosaic and familiar: The Pilgrims were simply unprepared for a shift in climate. Perspective | What the first Thanksgiving can teach us about adjusting to climate shock 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z It dreamed of universal democracy as the global fulfillment of the providential plan. Of Bolsheviks and Trumpists 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Immersed in my reading, it became clear to me that the common theory of providential progress, of the inevitable reconciliation between the sin of slavery and the democratic ideal, was myth. We should have seen Trump coming | Ta-Nehisi Coates 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Then Mr. Reece recounted his website’s origin story, one he suffuses with a dash of the providential. In Southern Magazines, Easy Pleasures and Hard Questions 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “I think it was the providential hand of God.” 'Maybe Putin is right': Republican Senate frontrunner on Russian leader 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z While it was a disaster for Millar in the short term, his absence from the peloton when the Tour started in Yorkshire that July turned out to be providential in two respects. How David Millar’s farewell film became a rage against the fading light | Richard Williams 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z He ended his speech uniting the themes of economic ills and providential help, saying that the crisis the United States faced required Americans’ best effort. Memorable Inaugural Speeches: Washington, Lincoln, Jackson, Kennedy and Reagan 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Here is a white man whose whiteness fails to yield any providential good fortune, and a sojourner in the wilderness of himself confronting the cipher of the universe with religious dread. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Some 2,000 people are expected to attend a commemorative rally on the National Mall Saturday, in honor of a “providential” interfaith gathering held in the same place 40 years ago. Nearly 2,000 to attend 40th anniversary ‘America and God’s Will Rally’ for interfaith event 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The philosophers’ God was not necessarily identical to the God of Christianity, but he had some reassuringly familiar attributes, such as beneficence and providential oversight of the world. Are We Really So Modern? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “I believe there is such a thing as destiny, things that are meant to happen, and my only feeling is that it was meant to happen. It was providential.” Rio Caldron’s Illumination Has Roots in an Indignity in Athens 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Jesuit Leiber admits that Pius ‘found it difficult’ to speak out clearly against the murders, but adds, ‘This was providential. Otherwise, I fear greater harm would have been the result.’ The History That Makes Pope Francis' Auschwitz Visit Even More Meaningful 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was providential that six months ago, to the day, my girlfriend at the time betrayed my trust so thoroughly that the relationship was instantly over for me. Guns N’ Roses concert review: Reunited band rocks ‘Not in This Lifetime’ at D.C.’s FedEx Field 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z "It's providential and amazing!" he said, since the meeting place was set years before the fatal shooting of Michael Brown during a confrontation with a Ferguson police officer. Southern Baptists talk racial unity with black Baptist head 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z “It’s providential and amazing!” he said, since the meeting place was set years before the fatal shooting of Michael Brown during a confrontation with a Ferguson police officer. Southern Baptists talk racial unity with black Baptist head 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z "It's not only coincidental, but it's providential," said Dante Jimenez, head of Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, of Jose's win in a film that tackles drugs and how to eradicate them. Philippine actress's win at Cannes 'providential' for Duterte's drug fight 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z That is fine if their struggle and capitulation appear on the page; less so if they simply seem agentless, pawns in the author’s private providential game. A Sweeping Novel About Race in America 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z This occurred at an opportune—or rather, a providential—time. A Lodestar of Religious Liberty 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “That was the providential part of this,” he said on Wednesday. Police Search for Answers About Newborn Who Was Left at Queens Church 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Like his rival he presents himself as a providential outsider, entering the arena to save a great nation in peril. Ben Carson, false idol 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In all this, Rep. Gosar’s fear that the Latin American Pope would preach socialism to the chamber was revealed not as providential, but as small and cynical. Pope Francis Calls on Congress to Be Better 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The in-room WiFi was a bit spotty, but perhaps it was a providential reminder to sit back, slow down and take in this fascinating property. Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania offers relaxation, kingly meals 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Through a providential interpretation of the war, Lincoln hoped to reunite a divided country. Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural in Charleston 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z We are here by means of evolution and natural selection, whatever providential inclination did, or did not, set that mechanism in motion here. Dietary Fats for the Fatuous 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z "From the dawn of this country, at every stage, America has enjoyed God's providential blessing over and over again when we faced impossible odds, the American people rose to the challenge," Cruz said. Cruz's fiery message has limited appeal to some in GOP 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z But the founders of the civil rights movement would certainly have found it providential, so I’ll go with that. After Selma, racism persists but the dream lives on, as well 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In response, he offered an abiding vision of Russia as a providential power, with a special mission and distinct identity. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z This providential gift is exactly what we need to grant us more time to achieve that goal. U.S. Energy and Oil Independence Is a Boon for National Security 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z “As if by some gravitational pull or providential design,” Maier writes, “these two dynastic families — one American, one British — seemed fated to meet, their fortunes soon intertwined forever.” Book review: ‘When Lions Roar,’ Churchills and Kennedys, by Thomas Maier “As far as being called to it, the things felt into place. The events were very providential.” American nurses head to Liberia to fight Ebola 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z God, all of us entrepreneurs know that a lot of our success is providential. Hedge Fund Maven Anthony Scaramucci On Calpers' Folly, Activist Investors And The Revival Of Wall Street Week 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Maryland quickly moved to make the providential inlet permanent, dredging sand and building a protective jetty. A big hurricane in 1933 changed a lot of things around the Chesapeake Bay As the triumph of Overlord proved beyond doubt, it was providential. The Winding Road to D-Day 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The inheritance of providential thinking causes American leaders to assume that power once accrued is power without end. “A corrosive dereliction of duty”: Why the New York Times’ America-first journalism is so dangerous 2014-05-01T23:00:00Z It is an especially fraught moment for Americans, because our understanding of destiny is the providential duty to light all dark corners. Liberal media myth officially dead: Brazen propaganda, historical amnesia and the New York Times 2014-04-16T23:01:00Z Some Roman Catholics see the continuing crisis in the Church - underlined by Archbishop Mennini's presence in Scotland on Thursday - as providential, an opportunity to rebuild the Church, and to do so along more modern lines. Vatican attends to Scots church plight 2013-05-30T23:09:07Z "It's almost providential," Todd says later of Paul's rise. The Rebel: Rand Paul Rises from Tea Party Agitator to Republican Celebrity 2013-04-04T14:20:27Z It seems almost providential that Michelangelo’s final resting place should offer a fitting tribute to his efforts to open the window of tolerance to the church of his time. Michelangelo, religious tolerance and the 500th anniversary of the Sistine Chapel ceiling 2012-12-05T23:05:55Z A Christian historian might trust that even a modest study of the Spanish-American War, or of Rhode Island history, would do a small part to reveal the providential nature of all history. Beliefs: Mark Regnerus and the Role of Faith in Academics 2012-10-12T15:28:47Z This coincidence had seemed providential to DeWitt, a sign that he was meant to be a preacher himself. From Bible-Belt Pastor to Atheist Leader 2012-08-23T14:40:23Z I consider his arrival at Zulla to have been most providential. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z A providential god rules the Pantheon of the Hellenes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Bill Brown—for it was he who had been the providential listener to this vile scheme, had learned more in one short lesson than through his whole life before. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Still, as far as she could see, it was no part of the providential plan that she should become engaged to Gervase that very year, and marry him early in the next. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z There are turning points in life at once so momentous in their consequence, and affording so little material for choice, that one is much tempted to ask for more than providential leading. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Everything seemed to be casual, yet those things which seemed most casual were really links in a providential chain leading to the gravest issues. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z How providential, Mrs. Tate thought, the quarrel between them had been! Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z The warm-hearted followers of the Cross felt at once that here was a providential opening to honour that Cross and to advance its kingdom upon the western border of civilisation. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z This she had regarded in the past as providential, and had accepted the omen with thankfulness. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Then followed the crusades, that wonderful and providential means by which the civilization of the East was brought into the service of the Western Church. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But obviously all these were parts of the providential plan by which David was at once to confer on his country a signal boon, and to raise his name to the pinnacle of fame. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z A providential break in the drift of snow suddenly gave them a glimpse of it, and the master of the steamer made out the flag of distress flying in the rigging of the fated vessel. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z It was a providential circumstance that the very act of gagging had prevented the water getting to her lungs, and so saved her from drowning. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He is a providential "vessel of the Spirit," ordained "by men and through men." The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z I had never seen a London fog before, and to me it seemed portentous and providential; a marvel as great as the crimson hail which fell in the London gardens to mark her Majesty's accession. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z And yet, even if this was all that happened to Saul, there was something providential and merciful in it that might have led on to better results. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z By the extraordinary I mean those visits which I pay in consequence of some providential call, such as sickness, affliction, religious impression, etc. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z That lady wrote one more letter to her, assuring her of her joy and thankfulness at her providential settlement in the land of her adoption. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z It was rather providential; but I would forget it. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z The old “providential” scheme of history disintegrates before a new interest in the “gentile” nations to whose high culture Hebrew sources bore unwilling testimony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z But now, as Saul and his servant came to the city, another providential meeting takes place to help them to their object. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z I enjoyed also many proofs of the Lord’s providential care, one of which was so remarkable that I think it ought to be recorded. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z It was providential that I hit him where I did, for my master told me it was the only place that I could have killed him on so suddenly. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Yet in Thy Son divinely great, We claim Thy providential care. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z "Your advent was most providential, Mr. Norton," said Jones in his usual colorless tones. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z But by God's protection, in a providential manner, after being reduced to a diameter of one hundred and fifty feet their floe held together. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z By some providential accident the pulpit remains but little hurt. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Thanks be to the providential mercy of God, we were all hauled safe to land. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z It seems providential that my dear copy of Quiet Hours should have come back from Philadelphia only yesterday; I had sent it to Philadelphia, you know, to be rebound. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z We believe this is not without a providential meaning, and will call attention still more to the wants of the people at large. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Four days later they were at the point, their marvellous journey of eighteen hundred miles ended and their coming welcomed as a providential relief. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But for the providential intervention of Mrs. Davis a destructive collision would have occurred, Ralph would have been disgraced, and there would have been a vacancy at the switch tower. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z All the men were assembled in the dismantled room which had been so long both a prison and providential home. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z What four providential results came to Is´ra-el through this sojourn? Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers 2012-03-01T03:00:24.783Z I tell you, General, it was a providential escape for me! Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z The quiet Christmas holidays, celebrated with German earnestness, had brought to their hearts an unusual sense of confidence, peace, and hope, based on their providential preservation, excellent health, and physical comfort. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z This burst also turned out to be providential. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It was indeed a "providential halt," for the fact was constantly forced upon them that they had come here, as they had to "Weary Man's Rest," by no skill or knowledge of their own. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Almighty Powers, whose providential Care Is ever kind to virtuous Innocence, Oh! help me now in this Extremity. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z He seems to have stood in providential nearness to human sensibility, as if his were a maternal relation as well, and he owned the minds whom he nurtured and educated. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z If game was not killed in much larger quantities, it would be necessary to face death by starvation, unless some unforeseen and providential relief should come to them. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He was, and is, a providential reminder that windmills, here, there, and everywhere, are striking objects in the East Anglian landscape. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Affluence as the providential, though sometimes long delayed, reward of innocence was a favorite thesis of eighteenth-century piety. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z It was providential that the younger brother should not have been kidnapped too. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It is only by a succession of events so singular as to seem indeed providential, that France has been saved from being given over once more into the hands of the old dynasty. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Panama is a providential Republic and presents some of the finest possibilities of the American tropics. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z He will expect providential interference, and, as a consequence, his mind will pursue the path of least resistance, and will account for all phenomena by what to him is the easiest method. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Of young Moncton's desertion and barbarous treatment of his wife—of her attempted suicide, and the providential manner in which she had been rescued by me from the grave. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z No man knoweth divine love or hatred by the distributions of providential good and evil. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z It seemed to him purely providential that the man who opened the door was the big lackey whom he had seen in Ryder Street the night before. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z And it seemed to me that there was something providential in my tearing that glove; for that torn glove can be the means, if ever you see fit to use it. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Virginia's appearance had been providential, and she had been as concerned for him as he was for himself. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z It's providential all round—the keepers being there, and you coming just in the nick of time to reinforce them. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z Young men and maidens, old men and children came forth, to gaze upon the bones of the murdered Colvin; and to praise the Lord, for this providential discovery! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z "Alone," he thought to himself, "and nobody near; this is quite providential," using even then, in thought, the familiar phraseology of his profession. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Blessed be the providential arrangements which make the majority of womankind bow to the restraints of public opinion! Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Indeed, his escape was, in the highest sense of the word, providential, and I am sure we are all deeply grateful for it, and can lift up our hearts in thanksgiving. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z They had often heard his name in Villa Rosa, and they both venerated him as a providential being who could restore the vanished days of abundance with a mere wave of the hand. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The whole historical existence and destiny of the Hebrews is confined within one of those great epochs of providential dispensation—it marks but one stage in the wonderful march of humanity towards its divine goal. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Whereto the vicar responded that he knew exactly the right girl to suit the place in his own parish, and that by a providential conjunction she already took a deep interest in foreign missions. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The letter of Cardinal Martiniana thus appeared providential in the midst of the difficulties that beset him, and from which neither Austria, Naples, Spain, or any other human power could liberate him. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z It seems to me providential that I have found you.” Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z This domestic disorder was accepted by Toledo as providential. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z So the good creature thought the duck’s sad accident quite providential, and at once set about filling her place. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z And with all that strong feeling, I cannot help being agitated with the hope that the great and providential opportunity will not be lost. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z This arrangement, in Ginger's opinion, was providential for both parties. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I consider it was providential his being on the spot. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z Nothing could have been more fortunate, it was absolutely providential. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z He is ready to believe that some miracles are mistaken metaphors, that some were due to the action of unnoticed or ill-understood natural causes, and that others were providential occurrences instead of supernatural events. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The fall from power of Egypt, Tyre, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Greece, Carthage, Rome, Spain, are all supposed to have been caused by some special providential design. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The Sailor was informed by this new and providential friend that he had stood out for the princely emolument of seventeen and a tizzey, and had been able to get it. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z "It appeared to me," said Joseph, "a wonderful, providential escape." Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Some of them became so excitedly helpless that they were unaccountable for what they did, and it was providential that they did not do anything imprudent. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z In the other chamber, or sanctuary, were the milder emblems of Tezcatlipoca, who "created the world and watched it with providential care." Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z M. Saint Priest further reasons that the providential mission of Poland was to oppose Turkey and Islamism, and when the latter ceased to rise the former necessarily declined. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z But is not this practically the language of the believer who sinks into a state of despondency under providential bereavements? Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Rev. Mr. Badger hastened at once to the relief of the sick man, and nursed him for eight days, when he so far recovered that his providential nurse could safely leave him. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z The only marked characteristic of its ravages that the chronicler could find was that, “whether by chance or providential design, it strictly spared the most wicked.” The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The Catholic priest has no doubt whatever of the providential establishment of the church in which he is a servant. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z A wild scream of joy was the first indication my sister received of her danger and providential escape. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z No chance is here; all is beneficent design and transcendent wisdom, restricting and controlling the agencies of our providential discipline as our spiritual interests may require. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Such absurdities as these we must assent to, or subscribe to the doctrine of a self-existent and providential being. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z Leo has been a providential man in the fullest sense of the word. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z As if the poor were created in order that others might exercise beneficence; as if poverty was a providential institution, maintained in the interest of religion! Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The impolitic and tyrannical conduct of Henry IV. appeared, perhaps in its eye, as a providential circumstance designed to aid the success of its long cherished design. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Let no one, therefore, deceive us by words, nor disturb us with respect to providential interference. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z I have spent a number of happy holidays here and so ... well, it was all most opportune and providential ... Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Captain Ladds received the unfortunate strangers with the utmost kindness, expressing his deep commiseration at their sorry condition, and heartily congratulating them on their providential release from their seagirt prison. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Slowly the providential workings were preparing a place for a young professor in Richmond College, who as yet had no dream of it. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z What suits their turn is providential all; That which does not by other names they call. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z What better symbol of their combination and proof of providential guidance than the peaceful home? The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Our providential place is God's place to find us. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z Here, Jim, you who have been so long in the mountains, ought to be able to tell us of escapes which seemed purely providential. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z The whole field of providential history is covered with answered prayers as thickly as bright-eyed daisies cover our Western prairies. In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen 2011-09-23T02:00:24.177Z The propaganda of the Bible Society have fulfilled a providential mission, which will bring forth quite different results from those anticipated by the pious gentlemen of the British Christian Missionary Society. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z But God has always some providential alleviations in store for such bereavement, and let us turn from the fact to its solace. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z It was providential that we went through that street. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z It was not for a clergyman to stand in the way of a design so providential. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z It was a providential circumstance, for to be stopped and questioned at this time would not only cause delay, but might attract undesirable attention. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z This religion has for eighteen centuries been a blessing to suffering humanity; it was providential, divine, holy. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z God has made this to be so in the structure of our nature, and His work as Creator has been constantly carried out by His providential care for society and all its affinities. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z The gradual development of the principle of equality," says De Tocqueville, "is a providential fact. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Already the new plan spelt a providential exclusion from a sphere of futile mortification and divided desires: to France I went, and with an easy mind. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Your fingers have got to grow into it.—I do not at all regret, with you, not having hitherto played in concert; on the contrary, I think it providential that I did not. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z When we have much of God's providential mercies it often happens that we have but little of God's grace; satisfied with earth, we are content to do without heaven. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z From this torpor God would ever arouse us, and have us see in the return, as in the going forth, the same providential plan—the same sphere of duty and privilege. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z The cohabitation of Lot with his two daughters was providential and typical of the two sister synagogues, the Jewish and the Christian. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z Science is impossible if these "providential occurrences" may take place at any moment. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z This happiness has not been acquired through any providential "miracles." The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z The thief ever fears some providential interference with his plans. Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z Either every providential possession, in every case, gives a title; or, God hath declared it as a law, that it shall be so in this particular matter of authority only. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Let us try whether this may not be a providential clue, to guide us amid the embarrassments which beset, in our day, the whole subject of miracles. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Thus the whole of the two troops were at the scene, and they remained there toiling and fighting night and day for twenty days, when a providential rain put an end to their labors. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z That the ladies did not suffer more from their reckless management was providential. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z It seemed to be a providential occurrence, affording considerable diversion to the sick one. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z It is interesting and curious to trace the unconscious, and, so to speak, the providential adaptation of the early life to the future calling of riper experience. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Thus the rest of God from creative work says nothing about His energies in that other field of providential care. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z A dream is often very potent as a reminder, or as a caution, and is often a providential event used in God's plan, although the dreams in themselves may have nothing unusual about them. Health, Healing, and Faith 2011-07-31T02:00:09.737Z A merchant had an offer for his entire stock which seemed favorable, and, as he was in need, the offer seemed providential. Praying for Money 2011-07-31T02:00:09.523Z They all declared that Nathalie’s finding that baby was providential, for one of the Pioneers that very morning had expressed the wish that they could find a baby in one of the farm-houses. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z But I see I am come in the nick of time—quite providential, as it were. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z University of Richmond President Edward L. Ayers, the keynote speaker, said the Union’s defeat in the battle was providential. Bull Run remembrance kicks off with pageantry and heat 2011-07-21T14:29:00Z Yet the fact that God has prospered other enterprises is only a confirmation of the theory that God answered the prayers of Grace Church in giving providential assistance in the construction of the Temple. Health, Healing, and Faith 2011-07-31T02:00:09.737Z It was a providential blow for us, though it had well nigh crushed our boat. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z At what moment was Israel fully persuaded of its providential destiny? The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z How does God secure his adequate providential control of the course of history? Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z It was providential that the course of the Admiral Pekhard was bringing her almost directly toward the drifting bit of wreckage. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z How very providential the whole train of events! The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z There were no preachers in our party, but, under such circumstances, we gladly embraced the providential opportunity. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z In such judgment, the will of God is absolute, and when should that will be exerted if not at providential crises of need, or in furtherance of his servants' work? The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z God's providential government reveals a partiality for America when compared with other nations. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z “But no, Mademoiselle!” cried the French girl, letting in her clutch carefully when the engine of the motor began to purr smoothly, “it cannot be called ‘providential.’ Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Reflect; have you no thanks to offer to the Lord for his providential care, when you so little deserved it? The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Graciously redeem us from every care which fetters our souls, and give us such an assurance of Thy providential love that we may exult in the glorious liberty of the children of God. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z The confusion introduced into the orderly sequence of the world's development by the exceptionally providential man subsides, and the cumulative power of history is brought to bear on the necessities of the hour. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z It is a providential reflux in the wave of races. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z This is most providential, as we have generally plenty of sour milk. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Why dear me, Captain Coles!—that is very interesting, especially if her being saved was providential. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z It is one of the truths of God’s providential events, that the three last years of married life were by far the happiest I ever spent with Mr. Packard. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z One claims allegiance on the ground of his providential calling; the other demands spiritual surrender on the ground of his transcendent nature. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Perhaps it is in the providential plan of the world's great Ruler, that the Sandwich Islands should yet be adopted into the Great American Confederacy. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z I could not rest one instant, even for thanksgiving, until I knew to what providential circumstance I owed my safety. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z After I had dismissed my guest, I sent for the landlord, to make some further enquiries; and found that I had not been deceived; I then determined to assist him, and thought my accident providential. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z I myself was saved only by a providential chance from falling a victim to them. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The great events of the world depend not on individuals, but on the cumulative force and providential meeting of wide social tendencies that have been gathering head for ages and pointing in certain directions. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Yet I look upon it as a providential guidance, that none of these many handsome, rich, and well-dressed men could take my fancy. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Then came the art of printing, as a most providential aid, making the truth accessible to all who were able to read it. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z What four providential results came to Israel through this sojourn? Studies in Old Testament History 2011-06-17T02:00:16.420Z "His arrival just now is providential," said Roy, walking upstairs at her side, his arm still supporting her. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z They discountenanced the open expressions of discontent, advised submission to law, and preached the duty of strict religious observance as the proper preparation, on their part, for the providential advent of the Son of Man. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z May there not be seen in this a providential reason wherefore the solemn beatification of this holy Religious has been delayed six centuries, to be reserved to our own days? A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z So the mistake was not corrected—the mistake that was almost providential for Alan Warburton, but that proved a very false move in the game that Van Vernet was about to play. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z It seems quite providential that Captain Hampton should have taken a fancy to go out to America, and should have inquired when he went through New York if this man and woman had lately arrived. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z I think our meeting with you was providential. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z But now, what is the singular good fortune or providential protection I began with? The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The “scrupulosity” of Bingham did not end with the providential taking off of Stanton, but prolonged its reverential obedience to the advice of the dead, until his great colleague also was summoned from the scene. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z In my time, at all events, such appropriations were never accounted robbery, though the providential absence of the owner was unquestionably a thing to be thankful for. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z This will bring opportunities for love adventures, unions or lasting attachments, which will be helpful and fortunate and will cause you to obtain advancement through providential help. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z They left a message thanking the BBC for our "providential" hospitality. 'Miracle' rewarded 2011-05-01T14:50:19Z And she more than ever rejoiced at that providential interposition in the interests of the Cheffington family which had kept Mr. Bragg away from Glengowrie. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z He was on the regular road, now; but it was providential, nevertheless, that he should encounter in that spot another man. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Perhaps it requires an unexpected change of condition, a providential nudge, as it were, to jog it into activity, like some poets. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z And its peculiarities were in such flagrant violation of the regulations of society, that it was almost providential Mrs. Dormer-Smith escaped witnessing it. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z They might be called providential landing-places, for without them the fishermen of Flamborough would have no access to the sea, except by ladders down the precipice. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z There appears to be something absolutely providential in this. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Not even the sullen fierceness of that furnace—in which the swamp-woods, with all their intricacies of flickering boughs, like some gigantic red coral work, were melting down—could withstand the providential rain-streams. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Don't let the grass grow under your feet, Aunt Milly; there's a providential escape for two tired and dusty Londoners. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It seems providential, we are short-handed, the pirogue is a large one and a good hand with a paddle quite an acquisition. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z We recommend the writings of Swedenborg to our readers of all denominations, as we should recommend those of any other providential teacher. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z But for this providential deliverance, the fields and gardens in the vicinity of Tangier would have been totally devastated. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The more impressible a child is, the more important is the mother's or kindergartner's providential care of his affections during this irresponsible, pre-intellectual period of his life. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z That excitement, however, is less due to the mere fact of impending departure than to the providential provision of things to be done and seen to at the last moment. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Every one there, except Miss Ellis, knew that Lady McIntyre was going on to tell, as she invariably did to each newcomer, the story of Frau Lenz and the providential result of taking her advice. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Here the captain proposed to have stored the providential supply of food that had come to him as unexpectedly as that furnished by the ravens to the prophet Elijah. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z The persons and events of this history had a philosophic import; each played some part in a providential plan. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z If we make this assumption, we may then consider this Act as providential, in that it precipitated a crisis, which was bound to come, and which would only have been made more terrible by delay. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Never dead to his Calvinist heritage, he sought to establish a providential relationship between the Deity and man's fortunes, not a little chilled in the presence of the virtually depersonalized Deity of the Enlightenment. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z It is almost providential that, notwithstanding this failure to understand the serum properly, the verdict of the profession did not go so generally against antitoxin as to condemn its use hopelessly. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z "The most providential and marvellous interposition—the only thing we wanted!" The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Thus the Hebrew tradition brought to Dante's mind the consciousness of a providential history, a great earthly task,—to be transmitted from generation to generation,—and a great hope. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z "It seems almost providential that they have come to light now to provide the inspiration we need in this most difficult time," he was quoted as saying. 'Ttime capsules' found after statue toppled by NZ quake 2011-03-01T10:20:33Z If he were unable to understand God's providences, it was certain that he did not seek to disturb others by calling the concept of a providential deity into question. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z A series of remarkable coincidences and strange providential workings had matured, and here was I spurning a friendly interposition of the Fates, and fleeing away as if I were a cowardly, shamefaced culprit. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z I felt as though it was a providential circumstance that it so happened. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z He would have perceived that he was the spice of life, the yeast and red pepper of the world, necessary to the perfect savour of the providential concoction. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Truly the good man’s laying his hand upon the little creature was a wondrous and providential circumstance. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z If Calvin's God was wrathful, he was providential; his own Deity, if benevolent and omnipotent, seemed strangely remote from the ken of man's moral experience. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z This rencontre, which some would call accidental, and some providential, pleased and encouraged me. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z But the horror of all was last night, only three or four hours before dawn, where, if it had not been for a providential candle, Harold would have been killed. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z What he found claiming his allegiance was a political body quite ideal, providential, and universal. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z And, ultimately, the horse was reharnessed by their active aid; and the two individuals, who had experienced such a providential rescue, drove forthwith away from the scene of this memorable adventure. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z To the depersonalized First Mover, however, he has added "some of those Passions he has planted in us," and he suggests furthermore that the Deity is mildly providential. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z While she was purchasing the mattress at the garishly illuminated furniture store, the words "Hire System" caught her eye, and seemed a providential solution of the position. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Some might consider the form which it has taken accidental; but it is better to regard it as providential. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z An evident providential design, culminating in them, ran through all history. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z I saw something providential in the events that had thrown us together! The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z This practice in the case of the Enchanted operation that winter was providential; for in the conference of the night before Rodburd Ide and his partner had definitely abandoned Enchanted Stream. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z There was an air of truth and reality which half lured my poor Bess and myself into hailing it as a providential God-send. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z You fell into a pit here, or into a den among thieves; and it's downright providential you e'er saw and breathed the clear air ag'in! The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The supreme ideal to which his conversion brought him back is expressed for him by universal nature, and is embodied among men in the double institution of a revealed religion and a providential empire. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Its source is too lofty ever to be untrue to itself—it is providential. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Now also it was that the fragment of rock was discovered, which, by sticking in the leak of the vessel had been such a providential instrument of her preservation. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z It seemed providential that, when the cable broke on the second of August, 1865, it was a few minutes after noon; the sun was shining brightly, and they had just taken a perfect observation. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z And no longer having their sheep to depend upon, the buffaloes coming that way, with so many killed, had been a bit of rare good luck, seeming almost providential. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z The murder of those thousand passengers was not a providential act, requisite to spread abroad a vitalising war; it was a crime to execrate altogether. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Providence so wills it—you must submit to the providential decree. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z In the tabernacle and temple, as Prophet, Priest, and King, he instructed them, prescribed their worship and obedience; and as their present Lawgiver and Ruler, exercised over them his providential and moral government. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z To you it is just the skill on which your providential gifts of speed and strength, co-ordination and timing are focused. Field of dreams 2010-06-12T10:53:00Z It was providential he did, for otherwise I would never have awakened in this world. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. His rencounter with her had undoubtedly been providential, as he had not the slightest idea that she could possibly be in his neighbourhood. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Now this circumstance, at first forbidding, turned out to be providential. The Great Mogul He claimed to be god of this world: its creator, providential ruler, dispenser of benefits, protector of his followers, and rightful object of their homage and obedience, in opposition to Jehovah. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z He had felt, ever since Mr. Nixon had mentioned the financial aspect of the undertaking, that he would be more than foolish to let slip such a providential way out of his sea of difficulties. The Princess Galva A Romance Such a coincidence might well seem providential, for Mr. Varilla proved a friend in need and in deed. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise The inclosed papers will give you the particulars of an infernal plot, and the providential discovery of it. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It seemed almost providential that Bronson Alcott should have come into Abigail May's life at just this time, when her heart had been touched by its first great sorrow—the loss of her mother. Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott It lies at the foundation of his moral law and government, and of his providential administration over all worlds, and is essential to his claim of supreme allegiance and homage from all intelligent creatures. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z This tree has the property of storing up water in its hollow trunk,—a well-known fact, which has often proved a providential supply for thirsty travellers in a country so subject to drought. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands One sees how much there is that is providential in the progress of human invention. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 And what the nature of man suggests, the providential system of the world sanctions by enforcing. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Then, Mr Belke, a very curious thing happened, which one of us may perhaps be pardoned for thinking diabolical and the other providential. The Spy in Black In the announcements of his Word, and in the administration of his moral and providential government over them, the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of man. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z It was in a providential pause, broken only to my ear by our quiet movements, that Delavoye dabbed a quick hand on my candle and doused his own against the wall. Witching Hill We have frequently heard the word providential applied in a strange manner; but this is one of the most novel views of providential intervention we happen to have met with. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Are we to say that this failure is a proof that, after all, there was nothing providential in their history? An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent "It seems to me to be providential," said Mr Burnett in a low and very serious voice. The Spy in Black Waster Lunny says that this should have made a religious man of Green Brae, and it did to this extent, that he called the fall of the cotter’s house providential. The Little Minister In this sense one has a right to admire the providential character of the Prussian State. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Oh, let me tell you all, since a providential chance has brought about this conversation I at once desired and dreaded! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 This providential visitation extended as far west as the confines of Narragansett Bay in present Rhode Island, depleting the population where it did not wholly destroy. William Bradford of Plymouth Their very first proceeding was to gather together and offer thanks to God, for His providential care of them through all the perils of the long journey. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River Still may thy providential care, With blessings crown the circling year, Each human ill restrain: O, may thy truth inspire my tongue, And flow through all my varying song, And shine in every strain. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact This is providential; it is said that I should find you to leave you no more. Marguerite de Valois Though weak in body, she was resolute in mind, and she had enjoyed a providential night's rest. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril Man is often not master of the course of his life; for it is developed by a chain of circumstances, accidents, and providential interferences that are not in man's power. The Progressionists, and Angela. Meanwhile does not our disaster itself, by a kind of providential occurrence, place within our reach the best stocked, the most abundant, the most inexhaustible larder that the human race has ever had? Underground Man Still may thy providential care, With blessings crown the circling year, Each human ill restrain: O, may thy truth inspire my tongue, And flow through all my varying song, And shine in every strain. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact But listen, it just seemed to me that this was providential—I had to come to you and tell you what I have told you tonight. The Broken Gate A Novel The knowledge that Joseph’s elevation was providential must have helped him at that time, now many years ago, to think rightly of his own. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Providence is not wont to prosper arrangements made in direct opposition to all providential possibilities. Lafcadio Hearn "It was partly my steering and partly providential," he said. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Still may thy providential care With blessings crown the rising year! Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact He assured her that her absence was providential, that he could never see her, even if she were in the same hotel, that it was less tantalizing to have her away, than near and far. The Dual Alliance Without a Moses the Exodus is inconceivable, and God always achieves His purpose through the providential man. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Petrowitsch was becoming very indignant, that nobody took any charge of him, when luckily the Techniker came up to him just in time, wishing him joy of his providential escape. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. How great that Power, whose providential care Through these bright orbs’ dark centres darts a ray! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes But probably the figure includes all that introduces Jesus to men, His own life, His miracles, His loving words, providential circumstances. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I The Soirées de St. Pétersbourg, which are unfinished and not entirely uniform in plan, deal nominally with the providential government of the world, but diverge to a large number of subjects. A Short History of French Literature It was providential that Captain Falconer, who was to have conveyed the prisoners to Atlanta, should have been confined to his bed with an attack of malarial fever when the order for their removal came. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction This discovery seemed providential, and we regarded it as a good omen of our success. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion The seal belonged to Chester Harding; and as my nom de plume was "Carter Holmes," the "C. H." seemed quite providential. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The fog which prevailed all this time, seemed almost providential. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools How casual had been their meeting in the first instance, how marvellous and providential in the second. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising “It was not only strange but providential, for I was literally a shipwrecked mariner thrown up on your shore without a dry stitch on me.” A Veldt Vendetta To some that offer is made in youth, or by the preaching of the Gospel, or by providential dispensations, or by revivals of religion occurring in their neighbourhood. The Religious Life of London And thus, too, it seems providential, that the sin of pagan nations should take the form of infanticide. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 There was a certain solemnity in his speech which struck a chill in the delight with which I had welcomed this providential vacancy. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Something holy and providential is perceived and acknowledged in woman's nature: she has already become priestess and prophetess and a political power in the state. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) But for the providential interference of dear old Papa Péron he might have been playing there still, or sought refuge in an untimely grave. The Intriguers And in all these cases the great lesson of providential direction is typified in the history of Israel as related in the Bible. Jewish Theology It is really providential that this portrait should be in your hands, for the others were idle, foolish dreams. Black Diamonds "Hail to thee for the question!" cries the providential Abbé. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 My child, your coming in was providential, nothing less. Hildegarde's Harvest This merciful, this providential interest Margaret felt for each of her many friends. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) The fact is that these nations were never fully conscious that they had a historic or providential destiny to influence mankind in this special direction. Jewish Theology It was a providential gift of exactly that which the adventurers needed. Hernando Cortez Makers of History All at once, the whole assembly caught up the words, which seemed to have something providential in them; and they insisted that the governor should be the new bishop. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation The word "providential" caused her to go on thinking. The New Warden The words reminded me of the danger which still threatened us, in spite of the providential help that Joe’s coming had brought us. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls In fact, the soul of the Jewish people reveals a peculiar mingling of characteristics, a union of contrasts, which makes it especially fit for its providential mission in history. Jewish Theology On one occasion I had a providential deliverance from an unpleasant incident. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches A providential jug, which doubtless in its time had contained whisky, was one of the utensils left when the mine was abandoned. Lord Stranleigh Abroad "If only something would happen, some providential accident," thought Lady Dashwood, unconscious of the contradiction involved in the terms. The New Warden Then it was that she could see how providential had been the change she had made. Venerable Philippine Duchesne The providential disaster which befell these exorcists gave St. Paul an opportunity of striking an effective blow where it was most needed against exorcism and magic. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition "That was a providential escape!" were Foster Portney's words, when he saw that Earl was safe. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon It demonstrates the nobility of human nature, but proves nothing in regard to providence, or the providential scheme of government. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Those providential dolphins are a grateful posterity, which preserve not only the Poet's treasures, but his memory. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. "Quite romantic! imminent danger! providential rescue! t�te-�-t�te walk home, carefully avoiding the old doctor, who might prove an interruption!—I understand!" The Lamplighter Inequalities, indeed, of every kind are inwoven with the whole providential order of human life, and are recognized emphatically in our Lord's words. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition But wouldn't an equally poignant regret possess him if after this providential tip he failed to play the horse and she won? Checkers A Hard-luck Story And I say here that nothing but providential intervention prevented McRae on that day from being a cold-blooded murderer! The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry My dear girls!" the woman in the gray cloak said, with a hand on a shoulder of each of the younger Corner House girls, "how providential it was that you saw my danger. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in "No, Betty," replied Mrs. Simpson, "it was very providential; this man, though he maintained a decent character, had a good fortune, and lived soberly, yet he would not have made me happy." The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales And there appear to be two distinct providential reasons for this. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The delay was God's providential care protecting him from robbery. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports We may be sure Madame L—— congratulated herself highly on having, as if by a providential instinct, "waited for the post." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The expressions of scripture are too strong, and too agreeable to the very nature of God and of his works, to make us doubt for a moment of his providential care and unceasing watchfulness. The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 "It seems almost providential that you are here." Cudjo's Cave But alike the madness, or the providential wisdom, of such attempts commands our profoundest interest; alike—whether conducted by a Cæsar or by the helpless members of families utterly unfitted to act independently for themselves. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 It was almost too providential, almost too well timed. The Man Who Staked the Stars It is natural for man to see in things around him visible tokens of divinity, continual providential dispensations. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It did seem real providential," she went on, "if only she could catch you, and I'm more than pleased she did. The Wooing of Calvin Parks Sumner urged incessantly upon the administration the necessity of pouring this providential broadside into the ranks of the foe. Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 By providential circumstances many are, without adverting to it, in the state of life in which God wants them to be. Vocations Explained Matrimony, Virginity, The Religious State and The Priesthood Döllinger never subjected his mighty vision of the stream of time to correction according to the principles of this unsympathising philosophy, never reconstituted the providential economy in agreement with the Whig Théodicée. The History of Freedom Ah, there's another bottle, hidden by a providential fate under my traveling robe. Rastignac the Devil Who shall say that this neglect of man's ordinances and observance of God's in the time of their trouble, did not bring with them a providential and merciful result? A History of the English Church in New Zealand In France we may find isolated thinkers, like Joseph de Maistre, who are the apostles of war, who maintain that war is a Divine and providential institution, one of the eternal verities. German Problems and Personalities The author has not purposely introduced any talker whose faults were unavoidable through defect of nature or providential circumstances. Talkers With Illustrations And he believed so far in the providential mission of Protestantism, that it was idle to talk of reconciliation until it had borne all its fruit. The History of Freedom The project failed, and Psalmanazar considered the miscarriage of the white Formosan japan as a providential warning to repent of all his impostures of Formosa! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He was fully satisfied in relation to the providential nature of their meeting. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks It was a fortunate—his co-religionists would say providential—adaptation of an earnest and religious man to the field of his labor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 It is very remarkable, nay, I may say providential, that the Fourth Lateran council is especially alluded to by the council of Trent. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 Eighteen months ago it seemed providential that Uncle should only have such a short time to live, now I rather hate it, in spite of the money. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts I was too much taken aback at so providential an interposition to contradict this highly imaginative statement. Miss Cayley's Adventures He had scarcely finished these necessary repairs before he heard the light step of her who fed him, as Elijah was fed by the ravens, for it seemed like a providential supply. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Vava looked puzzled for a minute, and then laughed as she said, 'You mean that it is providential that they like one another? A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends Well, he got off, but only after a long trial, and only by a little weakness in the chain of evidence, which even his friends at the time thought providential. The Moving Finger Orthodox Christianism explains this history on the supernaturalistic theory that it is determined by the providential directions of a triune divinity. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View But although this was adopted on the considerations of human reason, it was nevertheless a link in the chain of providential methods by which I was to achieve the fulfilment of my vow. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Still more providential was it that the room door happened to be open, so that I could see the whole terrible scene through the window. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Then, I suppose, it's providential that we get on together, or that any one ever likes any one else?' A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends It seemed to her that she had surmounted the difficulties of her position by an intervention which was providential. Sir Tom As soon as the Prince was safe on dry land, the Queen gave way to the natural emotions of joy and thankfulness at his providential escape. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign If, as I believe, there is a special Providence in "the fall of a sparrow," then your and my whereabouts are not the result of accidental circumstance, but the providential appointment of God. Records of Later Life In the case of a local preacher the providential issue may be the man's own discovery, sooner or later, of his own unfitness. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Often have I seen incredulity steal over the faces of a well-bred company in England at some statement from an American of a fact in itself commonplace enough, when no such providential corroboration was forthcoming. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations He landed unhurt in a providential flowerbed, and struggled again to his feet to discover that both the monk and Krech had vanished. The Monk of Hambleton Why, these creatures would soon perish if they were always doubting and fearing as to whether they had a right to use providential provisions. The Way to God and How to Find It And these most wonderful and providential beings their own waywardness had driven from them. Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism They would not look, therefore, for them in such a place, and it was a matter of accident or providential interference that would carry the Iroquois beyond without learning of the presence of the fugitives. The Wilderness Fugitives She consulted with her pastor; and this was the conclusion reached: She would accept the providential bequest. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country It was here, in effect, that she ended that extraordinary guidance—some call it nothing less than providential—which brought the white men through in safety. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Profane and ecclesiastical history is fall of instances of this blindness, which God permits, no doubt, for providential purposes. Pepita Ximenez Now she is gone, and the loyal hubbub has subsided, it is just the time to consider her late "providential escape" from the bullet which was never fired at her. Arrows of Freethought It is so easy to feel that our escape from a calamity that hemmed us in on every side was due to a providential hand. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Yes, Professor, your presence here is fortunate, almost providential. Death Points a Finger He continues to say: �History is developed by the historical phases of each nation, its progress, its stability, difficulties and high points, it is not due to men in a particular or providential manner. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty The Christian still dies, but his death is no longer penal, it is providential and provisional. Christ, Christianity and the Bible Why this is perfectly providential.—Baroness—I must ask you not to go on shaking me like that. Tante He began to plume himself on his providential purchase. The Camera Fiend Isn't it wonderful—providential—his coming at the very instant? The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse "And really, friend Frank," observed the patient, "I ought to be thankful for the snug quarters I've fallen into, as well as for my providential and almost miraculous escape." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 They will be found wherever there is an active belief in immediate providential government. Bunyan In the situation in which he found himself the chevalier saw another providential circumstance no less flattering to him. A Romance of the West Indies Why not then avail ourselves of this unique, this providential opportunity? The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V Mrs. Howe spoke of the wonderful, providential history of Kansas, and the way in which a new and unexpected chapter of the country's history opened out from the experience of the young Territory. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV If a spectacle can drip, that had dripped and with possibilities which, if dim as yet, were none the less providential, particularly when viewed spaciously, in the light of other possibilities which Paliser exhaled. The Paliser case Anecdotes, however, are told of contemporary providential judgments upon swearers, which had much impressed Bunyan. Bunyan The adaptability of cotton to the Negro is almost providential. The Negro Farmer Afterward, Bucks learned how providential this was, inasmuch as the big fellow was the deadliest shot of the three. The Mountain Divide That we may many times be in straits I have no doubt, but the time of our necessity will be the time for the manifestation of our Lord’s providential love and munificence. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 If Custer's presence on the field was, as often has been said, "providential," it is General D. McM. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War He refers to the siege and all connected with it merely as another occasion of his own providential escapes from death. Bunyan There were many providential indications that ere long Henry would be a prominent candidate for the throne of France. Henry IV, Makers of History Perhaps unconsciously, but nevertheless emphatically, the Republican party in its ensemble was a providential agency; it became the incarnation of the loftiest aspirations of the best among the American people. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The country around meanwhile abounded with ducks, geese, turkeys, fowls, and plenty of sheep and bullocks, which it may be made sure our men found oftentimes very providential. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns Praised be Allah, who, in his providential care, seemed to kick me away from the door of its temple. The Book of Khalid It is surely providential that, in the face of so much unbelief, such witness should have been borne to the unity and universality of the Catholic faith. Pius IX. And His Time All that is spoken of is the predestined and divinely arranged order, the providential method, in which gifts are bestowed and opportunities offered. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Half a century ago, however, the propriety of such providential arrangements appears to have been recognized almost as one of the "institutions." James Madison The poor girl, however, yielded with much compunction, and regarded the evils which afterwards befell her as providential punishments for her neglect of filial duty. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Some chance—or rather say some providential arrangement—had brought him across their threshold. Lover or Friend But it is a providential institution, and who is ignorant of the fact? Pius IX. And His Time Then heresies come up, just as providential, and just as necessary, as Orthodoxy, to compel the Church to make restatements of the eternal truth. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors This unexpected provision for herself and boy seemed truly providential. The Cabin on the Prairie “But it really isn’t, dear, you know,” said Mrs. Cardew in a low tone; “and as you cannot make up your mind to live in London, those two vacancies at Aylmer House seem providential.” The School Queens I confess a cold sweat broke out over me, and I inwardly thanked the Almighty for my providential escape. Harper's Young People, April 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly These two accidental—or shall we more correctly call them providential?—shots saved his life. General Gordon A Christian Hero The conditions all favored a just self-esteem, and a sense of providential preference in the accidental assemblage of those people at that time and place. Imaginary Interviews This was a coincidence too remarkable and providential to be credited, thought Thornton, yet it was no coincidence at all. The Roof Tree It was fortunate, then, for the Quiquendonians, that a providential explosion put an end to this dangerous experiment, and abolished Doctor Ox's gas-works. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Another instance of the providential care over Washington occurred just before the battle of Brandywine. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Was this not an encouraging sign of God's providential care? The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 Mr. Linden, it was a providential thing, that you should come along at this idiomatical moment. Say and Seal, Volume I Here, as in Europe, the cafés are the providential rendezvous for idlers and gossips, exchanges for real-estate brokers and players at cards. All About Coffee A providential London train was expected in five minutes. The Belovéd Vagabond Mother, to be serious, I consider Harry in the light of a providential interposition. Not Like Other Girls It was saved by the providential arrival early in June of Lord De la Warr, who brought with him 150 new colonists and a commission as the colony's governor. The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 It was in the line of their calling, their common duties, and the providential changes of their life that God called them. Days of Heaven Upon Earth It had been impossible to keep the affair quiet and there had been innumerable reporters to circumvent, and more innumerable friends from far and near, eager to express their interest in his providential escape. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The causes which had led to so extraordinary a result seemed clearly providential. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The revelation to Noah, which warned him of a coming Flood, and taught him how to prepare for it, was evidently miraculous: the Flood itself may have been purely providential. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Richard Rich presented, probably at the suggestion of the adventurers, his Newes from Virginia, the Lost Flocke Triumphant, a poem celebrating the shipwreck of the Sea Adventure and the providential survival of its passengers. The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 And later they are represented as poured out upon the earth; and lo, there are voices and thunderings and great providential movements fulfilling God's purposes for His kingdom. Days of Heaven Upon Earth Sandy still held possession, and was looking forward hopefully to some providential interference in the springtime. 'Lizbeth of the Dale "Then of course I couldn't think of taking the part," she said, gasping with relief at this providential escape. The Invader A Novel Is not this fact, like all those examined, God's providential voice? and does He not, in these facts, speak a language that we can read and understand? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject By what providential miracle am I possessed of the likeness, when the original is no more? Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father The same great principle that regulates the providential government of God, is brought clearly out in the Scriptures. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election It may perhaps be considered a providential concurrence that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was in London this same time with Miss Greenfield. Music and Some Highly Musical People The circumstances were such that they might call it providential, if anything came of it. The Perpetual Curate The primeval curse, with the usual benignity of providential contrivance, has been turned into the solace of an existence that would be much more intolerable without it. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Thus, once more, were the Catamarans delivered from a terrible danger,—almost literally “from the jaws of death”; and once more, too, by what appeared a providential interference. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea His meeting with the two trappers appeared to him not so much a mere chance as a providential circumstance. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Meanwhile, airing his ideas on the providential mission of the country, and of its missionary races, and combatting his exclusiveness, they became excellent friends. The Art of Disappearing And, by the way, how providential—from the bird student's point of view—that birds have tails! A Bird-Lover in the West The possession of civil power is a providential fact, and is to be regarded as such. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Supported by his faith in providential protection, Ben Brace acted as if there was no danger; and encouraged his companions to do the same. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Such love, intellectual love, which Benedict Spinoza was the first to define from a scientific and philosophic point of view, looks far down the vistas of the future, and gives providential thought to the race. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Was this a providential respite, or only another tantalising false hope? Juggernaut The fighting went on and, to Doggie, the inhabitants of the outside world became almost as phantasmagorical as Phineas’s providential aunt in Galashiels. The Rough Road Could anything be more providential—warmth and succour—food, beds, and comfort! Through Finland in Carts By this providential industry they were now profiting: since by it, and it alone, were they enabled to “ride out” the gale. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea This appearance was of course entirely suitable and most providential for one engaged in deciphering hieroglyphic inscriptions and scrolls. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt “But ye ken,” said our informant, “George struck in fayther for them.” p. 377And perhaps the providential character of the act could not have been more graphically expressed than in these simple words. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It was a providential thing that he did so. Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy The coming of the bear was looked upon as providential, and the congregation suspended the prayer-meeting, killed the bear, and then returned to their devotions. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It was providential that the world was moving again. Anthony Lyveden The people in their distress met with an unexpected and providential relief. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc |
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