 I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but Truth is everything; I know I am...  Abraham Lincoln: With Twenty-four Illustrations - Page 378by William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1994 - 396 pages
...religious folk toward his Presidential candidacy. He had wept over the situation, and had told Bateman, "I know there is a God and that He hates injustice...and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place for and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything.... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - History - 1995 - 493 pages
...finally before the stunned Bateman, and in a trembling voice, cheeks wet with tears, he broke out, "I know there is a God and that he hates injustice and slavery. ... I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God." For... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 380 pages
...selfpossession. Stopping at last, he said, with a trembling voice and his cheeks wet with tears: * I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice...I am ready. I am nothing, but Truth is everything. [ know I am right, because I know that 1 berty is right, for 13 Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.... | |
 | Barry Schwartz - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 396 pages
...Lincoln (1866) was the first classical narrative, one that depicted Lincoln as an Old Testament prophet. "I know there is a God and that he hates injustice and slavery," Lincoln declared while discussing slavery adherents' quoting of Scripture. I see the storm coming,... | |
 | Harold I. Gullan - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 414 pages
...that there is a God," he declared on the eve of the coming conflict. "If He has a place for me ... I believe I am ready. I am nothing but truth is everything." In 1858 Lincoln said, "The Saviour, I suppose, did not expect that any human creature could be as perfect... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 pages
...president," Holland took up testimony from Newton Bateman that in 1860, Lincoln had confessed to Bateman that "I know there is a God, and that he hates injustice and slavery. ... I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God." Noah Brooks told a Congregational... | |
 | Jerome A. Kroth - History - 2003 - 360 pages
...President and under fire from veteran politicians, wrote these words. "I see the storm coming and I know His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, I believe that I am ready." Today I say to you, with full knowledge of the responsibilities of that... | |
 | Susan Jacoby - History - 2004 - 433 pages
.... . are going to vote against me. I do not understand it at all." Later, Lincoln supposedly added, "I know there is a God, and that he hates injustice...and I know that his hand is in it. If he has a place for me — and I think he has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know... | |
 | Don Hawkinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 470 pages
...judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.' I know there is a God.... If He has a place and a work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready....liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God."35 Lincoln believed that forgiveness and mercy would bring about reconciliation. Lincoln said,... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 444 pages
...by Mr. Lincoln. He affirmed (or at least was so quoted by Holland) that Mr. Lincoln said to him : " I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice...His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me—and I think He has—I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am... | |
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