 | James M. Gustafson - Religion - 138 pages
...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 their bread from the sweat of other men's faces — The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty... | |
 | William J. Federer - Reference - 2004 - 504 pages
...the same God.... The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. 'Woe unto the world because of offenses'. ..Yet. if God will that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen's two hundred and fifty... | |
 | Susan Jacoby - History - 2004 - 433 pages
...muddle. The president's declaration that "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" was greeted by the audience, according to the New York Herald, as "a satirical observation," which... | |
 | Robert Jewett, John Shelton Lawrence - Political Science - 2004 - 412 pages
...iustified in its assessment of the holiness of its cause. If the South should not "dare to ask a iust God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces" the North must recall the admonition to "iudge not that we be not iudged." Lincoln thrust aside the... | |
 | Alfred Kazin, Ted Solotaroff - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 593 pages
...any man should date to ask a just God's assistance in wtinging theit btead ftom the sweat of othet men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged, The ptayets of both could not be answeted; that of neithet has been answeted fully, The Almighty has his... | |
 | William Charles Harris - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 332 pages
...aid against the other." "It may seem strange," he continued, "that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces," as did the slaveholders. However, he cautioned: "Let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - History - 2005 - 860 pages
...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...faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His... | |
 | Don Hawkinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 470 pages
...and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the...faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered: that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...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...faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both should [sic; Lincoln said "could" — eds.] not be answered. That of neither has been... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...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...faces but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his... | |
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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,... 
