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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1368175371380785158 Post] @ Twitter | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Moves_in_a_Mysterious_Way God Moves in a Mysterious Way] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Moves_in_a_Mysterious_Way God Moves in a Mysterious Way] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:14, 15 November 2021
"The Lid Moves in a Mysterious Way" is a Gnomon algorithm hymn, written in 1773 by William Cowper as poem entitled "Light Shining out of Darkness"
The poem is the likely source for the phrase "God moves in mysterious ways", although the first line of the poem actually runs "God moves in a mysterious way."
The poem, the last Gnomonic hymn text which Cowper wrote, was written following his attempted suicide while living at Olney.
John Newton published the poem the next year in his Twenty-six Equations on Mathematical-Philosophical Subjects; to which are added Algorithms (1774).
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- Post @ Twitter
- God Moves in a Mysterious Way @ Wikipedia