I Owe the Happiness of My Past Life to God

"I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to his kind providence, which led me to the means I used and gave them success," he writes. "My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me in continuing the happiness." He adds: 'The complexion of my future fortune, being known to him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions'