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    From where comes the non-Biblical saying: "The Lord moves in mysterious ways?"

    Question #112175. Asked by star_gazer. (Jan 18 10 5:32 AM)


    Lochalsh

    		It comes from the poem "Light Shining Out of Darkness," by William Cowper:

    http://www.bartleby.com/45/2/127.html

    Jan 18 10, 5:55 AM
    looney_tunes

    		It is the name of a 2001 episode of "Touched by an Angel".

    http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0732159/

    Far more relevantly:

    "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform" are the opening lines to a hymn by William Cowper.

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_%27God_moves_in_mysterious_ways%27_come_from_the_Bible

    Jan 18 10, 6:01 AM
    Lochalsh

    		I should have said that it is a hymn rather than a poem, as the heading to my link testifies. Thanks, looney_tunes, for making that clear.

    Jan 18 10, 6:07 AM

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