...It's been done this way in Scotland and Wales since time immemorial, and it'll be done just the same. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. It was God's will I am what I am." "It was the will of men, not God." "Ye know not...

...the choice of kings or the division of land. The basis for this use is reflected in Proverbs 16: 33: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.' Now, in the seventeenth century, there were two general considerations that were appealed...

...pleasant picture, as he viewed it thus, but we were to prove once more, our lives are in God's hands. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD." Oh, how vastly different are His ways from our ways, and His thoughts from our thoughts!...

...person to fill the position: Then the bishop arises and gives a slip of paper, whereon is written, "The lot is cast into the lap but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" (Proverbs 16: 33). The slip of paper is given to the deacon to be placed into one of...

...more casual than the tossing of pebbles into a cap or urn; yet even these are under divine direction. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" (Prov. 16:33). A soldier in the tumult of battle "drew a bow at a venture," but it...

...Exod. xxi. 13. What we call accidental death is providential : what can be thought more a chance matter than the casting of a lot, how it will issue ? and...cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord, Prov. xvi. 33. The first lot mentioned in scripture is that which was cast on the account...

...slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with...

...Twenty-third Psalm than to take a thousand Jerusalems. Finally Solomon wrote of the path of mystic vision: "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [its every decision] is of the Lord" (Proverbs 16:33) . This proverb refers to the pocket of the ephod...

...children of men? All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lord weigheth the spirits. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts....

...eleven months ahead. So the Lord's people had a breathing space. The truth of God's Word was verified. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord." CASTING LOTS In passing, what are we to say of "the casting of lots11? In Scripture...