is Order; for the Divine Providence is Divine Order with regard above
all to the salvation of man. As order is impossible without laws, it
follows that as God is order so is He the Law of His order. And as the
Lord is His Providence, He is also the Law of His Providence. The Lord
cannot act contrary to the laws of His Providence, for to act contrary
to them would be to act contrary to Himself.

--_Divine Providence, n._ 331


A WORLD-WIDE LEADING

The Lord provides that there shall be religion everywhere, and in each
religion the two essentials of salvation, which are, to acknowledge
God, and not to do evil because it is contrary to God. It is provided
furthermore that all who have lived well and acknowledge God should be
instructed by angels after death. Then, they who, in the world, were
in the two essentials of religion, accept the truths of the Church,
such as they are in the Word, and acknowledge the Lord as the God of
heaven and the Church. It has also been provided by the Lord that all
who die infants shall be saved, wherever they may have been born.

--_Divine Providence, n._ 328


THE DIVINE PERSEVERANCE

The Divine Providence differs from all other leading and guidance in
this, that it continually regards what is eternal, and continually
leads to salvation, and this through various states, now glad, now