 If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible...  The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - Page 175by Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometli." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, having continued... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...fully. 3. The Almighty has His own purposes. " Woe unto ' the world because of offenses ! for it must be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom...that American slavery is one of those offenses which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North... | |
 | Samuel M. Andrews, Charles Gideon Davis - Insanity (Law) - 1869 - 318 pages
...discredit upon them if they should attempt as a church to shield him from the just consequences of crime. It must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. If thy hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee. These are the doctrines of that pastor, and... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1869 - 802 pages
...his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh !" — MATT, xviii. 6, 7. THIS is one of the most striking scenes in the whole life of the Saviour,... | |
 | 1870 - 1172 pages
...represent public opinion, I would again say, Take heed how ye offend one of these, Christ's little ones. " It must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." " My leave," once said a witty Frenchwoman, " was not asked before I came into the world." See to it... | |
 | Literature - 1873 - 860 pages
...unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses will come ; but woe unto the man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of these offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued "through... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1870 - 416 pages
...man by whom the offence cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through_ his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...man by whom the offence cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continned through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - United States - 1872 - 744 pages
...Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the samo Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes...man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which,... | |
 | Israel Perkins Warren - 1872 - 538 pages
...neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must needs be that offenses come ; ' but woe to that man ' by whom the offense cometh ! 8 Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better... | |
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