 Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not,...  Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson - Page 262by William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1867 - 912 pages
...— WATTS. PRAYING. — " Both [Federalist and rebel] read the same Bible and pray to the same God, each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing bread from other men's faces; but let us... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...war: while the Government claimed no right to do more than restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict...against the other. It may seem strange that any men could dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces;... | |
 | United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the...the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invoke his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the...fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and prayed to the same God, and each invoke his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 606 pages
...enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the...fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and prayed to the same God, and each invoke his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...: while the Government claimed no right to do more than restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict...easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astouhding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might eease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease....against the other. It may seem strange that any men could dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease even before the conflict itself should cease. Each...aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing his bread from the sweat of other men's... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease even before the conflict itself should cease. Each...aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing his bread from the sweat of other men's... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease even before the conflict itself should cease. Each...aid against the other. It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing his bread from the sweat of other men's... | |
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