That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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Every thing is as God made it; not as it appears to us. We have the world so much in our hearts, are so taken up with thoughts and cares of worldly things, that we have neither time nor spirit to see God's hand in them.
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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 3:11-15.