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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 G-od's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge... "
Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Early History, Political Career, Speeches in ... - Page 748
by Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 448 pages
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln

Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both...; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his...
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Representative American Orations to Illustrate American Political ..., Volume 3

Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...might cease when, or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both...faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayer of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His...
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Why I Am a Republican: A History of the Republican Party, a Defense of Its ...

George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and prayed to the same God ; and each invoked His aid against the other. It may seem strange that...of both could not be answered — that of neither lias been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses...
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Why I Am a Republican: A History of the Republican Party, a Defense of Its ...

George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and prayed to the same God; and each invoked His aid against the other. It may seem strange that...we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered—that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. " Woe unto the...
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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. " Both...the other. It may seem strange that any men should ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us...
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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. " Both...the other. It may seem strange that any men should ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us...
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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 540 pages
...looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. " Both read the same Eible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid...the other. It may seem strange that any men should ask a just God's assistance in wringingtheir bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us...
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
..."We won, and we want to send our enemies straight to hell." Lincoln reminded people that both sides "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. . . .The prayers of both could not be answered." He had a wonderful way of giving his adversaries their...
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The Ten Commandments & Their Influence on American Law: A Study in History

William J. Federer - Law - 2003 - 292 pages
...entering upon this great office l must humbly invoke the God of our fathers..." Abraham Lincoln, 1 6th, "Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid..." Andrew Johnson, 17th, "grief on earth which can only be assuaged by communion with the Father in heaven..."...
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One Electorate under God?: A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics

E.J. Dionne, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz - Religion - 2004 - 260 pages
...Address, all the more remarkable for being uttered after almost four years of civil war: "Both [sides] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and...of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we not be judged. The prayers of both could not be answered—that of neither has been answered fully."...
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