...offences which, in the providence of God. must needs come, but which, havmg contmued thtough His appoinred time, He now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this rerrible wat, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therem any departure...

...as a way to purge the nation of slavery, an "offense" that had come to America by God's providence "but which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove." According to Lincoln, the misery of the war was intimately connected to the suffering that had been...

...needs be that offenses come; but woe to the man from whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...come; but woe to the man by whom the offence cometh! [quoting from Matthew]. If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...the world because of offences!'... If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...man by whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...man by whom the offence cometh. If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which in the Providence of God must needs come, but...this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came. Shall we discern there is any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers...

...purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we...of those offenses which, in the providence of God, mast needs eome, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and...

...blame not only to a slave-holding South, but also to a complacent and sinful North, he argued that God "gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came." And he ended his address with an invocation concurrent with that of "Born in the USA":...

...surrender it. " 41 Lincoln and embrace reunification. Lincoln commented, "If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must need come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that...