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fire would cease to burn, water would cease to flow, the heart would cease to beat, the Universe would fall to pieces (See Fishers). Some times we are asked if God could have anything to do with a crime wherein one man out of malice takes the life of his innocent victim thereby makes wretched the hearts of his family and friends. The idea of a providential government does not involve God as unclear unclear in all that is unclear

We reply that God could in

no sense be the author of such a crime. He was the Creator of all the parties concerned. He was the author of the law of cause and effect according to which the deed was executed. He was the Author of the government under which such a crime was permitted. He was the Author of the law by which the transgressor is held accountable, & by which he shall be duly punished, and of that law which provides all needed comfort for the widow & the fatherless. And which causes all things to work together for good to them that love Him. Is any thing more needed in a world where man is allowed to work out his own destiny. Is there any rock better for us to stand upon in the time of our trial than this? There is divine wisdom in Every untoward event though we may not be able to fathom it. Dr Orville Deney