Every Blade of Grass Receives God’s Care

“It is not only the scriptures of truth, but the sun and moon in their orbits, and the stars in their courses, will all testify of the mercy, goodness, and power of God. Neither shall we be induced to worship these, notwithstanding their brilliancy. We shall neither bow our knees, nor lift up our hands to any created object, because this would be denying that God who is above us all. Not only these, the most brilliant objects of his creative wisdom with which we are acquainted, but all the works of his hands proclaim themselves the workmanship of deity. There is not an insect that we tread upon, which does not receive life from him. Every blade of grass, every leaf that falls, and every wing that flits the air, all receive alike, whether animal or vegetable, his superintending care.”

— Thomas Wetherald, 1826
Quaker minister