 The will of God prevails. In great contests each 393 party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible...  Abraham Lincoln: With Twenty-four Illustrations - Page 383by William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Landon - 2005 - 233 pages
...a legitimate cause for concern over right and wrong is when two views are mutually exclusive. Even God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. Short of this degree of divergence we must allow each person to work through their own personal understanding... | |
 | Umar F. Abd-Allah - Religion - 2006 - 401 pages
...point from a Northern perspective, Lincoln declared: "The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of...God. Both may be and one must be wrong. God cannot be^br, and against the same thing at the same time." 86 Three years later, he repeated in his Second... | |
 | Will Morrisey - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 294 pages
...soldiers and civilians. Lincoln used religious rhetoric to calm. "In the present civil war," he wrote, "it is quite possible that God's purpose is something...either party, and yet the human instrumentalities" — human, not only "US" or "Northern" — "working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to... | |
 | Richard Striner - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 321 pages
...September, Lincoln penned the following reflections: The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Mark A. Noll - History - 2006 - 212 pages
...later recalled was meant for Lincoln's eyes alone: The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be/or, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Joshua Wolf Shenk - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 372 pages
...be known as the "Meditation on the Divine Will." The will of God prevails — In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - History - 2005 - 505 pages
...present civil war it is quite possible that God's 454 purpose is something different from the purposes of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaption to effect his purpose. I am almost ready to say that this is probably true: that God wills... | |
 | George McKenna - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 454 pages
...death and called the "Meditation on the Divine Will": The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Fleming Rutledge - Religion - 2007 - 422 pages
...before Advent. In his essay "Meditation on the Divine Will," Lincoln mused, "In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
 | Matthew S. Holland - Religion - 2007 - 340 pages
...foreshadows the thinking and syntax of his Second Inaugural. The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible... | |
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