This book is a sermon on the theme of divine providence, delivered by the Reverend Homer N. Dunning at a Thanksgiving Day service during the American Civil War. The author examines the ways in which God's plans often confound human expectations and argues that faith and trust in God are the keys to spiritual resilience. The book is a moving meditation on the human condition and the nature of faith.

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