Canst thou measure Omnipotence, canst thou conceive Ubiquity,
Which guideth the meanest reptile, and quickeneth the brightest seraph,
Which steereth the particle of dust, and commandeth the path of the comet?
To Him all things are equal, for all things are necessary.
The smith was weary at his forge, and welded the metal carelessly,
And the anchor breaketh in its bed; and the vessel foundereth with her crew:
A word of anger is muttered, engendering the midnight murder:
The sun bursteth from a cloud, and maddeneth the toiling husbandman.
Shall these things be, and God not know it?
Shall He know, and not be in them? shall He see, and not be among them?