When A Christian People Feel Themselves To Be ...

When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge His goodness in time past, as well as their own unworthiness, and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future.

--John Tyler, following the death of William Henry Harrison, April 13, 1841

From Gary Stebbins’ Sermon: Triumph and Tragedy – Where is God?