Disposer

Were it not so, how little should we be reconciled to quit the scene; and how wise is the Almighty Disposer of good, to call us to a recollection of our own weaknesses in the afflictions he tries us with, and which it is unbecoming a christian to sink beneath.

The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

‘What is it?’ said I. ‘Why,’ said she, ‘since God is rightly believed to govern all things with the rudder of goodness, and since all things do likewise, as I have taught, haste towards good by the very aim of nature, can it be doubted that His governance is willingly accepted, and that all submit themselves to the sway of the Disposer as conformed and attempered to His rule?’

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

As well might it be charged upon me, that the stings of an awakened conscience drove her mad, and that it was the will of the Disposer of all things that she should live so, many years.

Little Dorrit 2007

Rejoice, then, as you have often said you would, in your present blessings, and leave the event of things to the Supreme Disposer of all events.

Pamela 2006

Disposer of human events, who guided my early course through much risk and labour, that the ease with which he has blessed my prolonged life might seem softer from remembrance and contrast.

Rob Roy 2005

Just Disposer of our joys and sorrows, cried I, why could not

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Just Disposer of our joys and sorrows, cried I, why could not

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

He resigned his seat at the insult, and entrusted his “future prospects” to “the Disposer of Events.”

America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002

And yet, I sinned herein, O Lord God, the Creator and Disposer of all things in nature, of sin the Disposer only, O Lord my God, I sinned in transgressing the commands of my parents and those of my masters.

The Confessions 1999

We must trust to the great Disposer of all events, and the justice of our cause.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993