THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE; OR, "He Doeth all things Well."
ByT. S. ARTHUR.
PHILADELPHIA:
LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
NO. 14 NORTH FOURTH STREET.
1851.Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. S. ARTHUR, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co. Philadelphia. Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
PREFACE.
FEW esteem the operations of Providence, so far as themselves are concerned, as having regard to anything beyond what is natural; and, for this reason, "adverse" and "favourable" providences are so often spoken of with reference to the mere temporal well-being. Some even think that prosperity or adversity are sent as rewards or punishments for well or evil doing. In this, we think, there is an error. God is an eternal Being: all his dealings towards us must, therefore, have an eternal end; and what higher end can such a Being, whose very nature is love, have, than the eternal salvation of his creatures?
That the whole of the Lord's providence with man is governed by such a purpose, and that we are in prosperity or adversity according as those conditions best subserve our eternal interests; and, moreover, that this Providence is intimate with every man, from the dawning of natural life until its close, we fully believe. And this is the doctrine of our book.
The present volume makes the fourth in our "LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD." The fifth—"HOME SCENES"—is passing through the press.
page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
- THE BARGAIN WITH HEAVEN. 7
- THE KIND PROVIDENCE. 33
- RICH AND POOR. 50
- PASSING THROUGH THE FIRE. 64
- THE STRANGE PROVIDENCE. 79
- MISTOOK HIS CALLING. 89
- BAD LUCK. 104
- ALL FOR THE BEST. 119
- BOTH SIDES OF THE PICTURE. 135
- A STRANGE STORY. 153
- MR. BARLOW'S COUNTRY-SEAT. 176
- DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. 195
- THE MERCHANT'S DREAM. 210
