Thursday, May 28, 2009

Providence and perspective

"In spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or of the present aspect of affairs, do I despair the future? The truth is this, the march of Providence is so slow, our desires so impatient, the work of progress is so immense, and our means of aiding it so feeble, the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope."

Robert E. Lee

2 comments:

Cindy said...

We all loved the quote - Where did you find that? We also appreciated the review of the "Creation Museum". You saved us a trip :)

Hope all is well up there-

A Dominion Family said...

I found it in this essay comparing that quote with Ezekiel 12: 22, 23. Good read.


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