 If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible...  Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency - Page 334by Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Walker Howe - History - 2007 - 926 pages
...pointed out in his Second Inaugural, "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... | |
 | Matthew S. Holland - Religion - 2007 - 340 pages
...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... | |
 | David Mayers - History - 2007 - 10 pages
...but understood, as did they, that God had punished the sin of slavery with the inferno of civil war: appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He...North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes... | |
 | Charles Roland - History - 2010 - 365 pages
...chastising only the Confederates, but then he said, since God now willed to remove the offence, he gave "to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came." Both North and South! Perhaps the most significant question to be asked about the Park... | |
 | Garry Wills - United States - 2007 - 646 pages
...Almighty has his own purposes. ... If we are to suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through its appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible... | |
 | Donald G. Lett - History - 2008 - 597 pages
...of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully... 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... | |
 | Carson Holloway - Political Science - 2008 - 244 pages
...of both could not be answered." 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... | |
 | Philip L. Ostergard - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 293 pages
...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... | |
 | Joe Wheeler - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 313 pages
...House 12/12/07 12:01:02PM THE EARLY If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...that He gives to both North and South, this terrible woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern there in any departure from those divine... | |
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