So little do we see before us in the world, and so much reason have we to depend cheerfully upon the great Maker of the world, that He does not leave His creatures so absolutely destitute, but that in the worst circumstances they have always something to be thankful for, and sometimes are nearer deliverance than they imagine; nay, are even brought to their deliverance by the means by which they seem to be brought to their destruction.
Por esta razón, debemos confiar alegremente que el Supremo Creador jamás abandona a sus criaturas y que estas, incluso en las peores circunstancias, descubren algo por que darle gracias; y están más cerca de la salvación de lo que podrían imaginar, pues, a menudo, son conducidas a ella por los mismos medios que, al parecer, las llevaron a la ruina.