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The power that causes the compass to point to the north, that dismisses the star on its pathway through the skies, promising that in a thousand years it shall return again true to its hour and keeps His word, will vindicate His own moral law.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar draws a parallel between natural laws and divine moral law, emphasizing trust in a higher power.

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