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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 God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not,... "
History of the American Civil War: Containing the events from the ... - Page 479
by John William Draper - 1870
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Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference?

Philip Yancey - Religion - 2006 - 357 pages
...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; that of neither has...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes." Lincoln's attitude stands in stark contrast to the triumphalism that normally accompanies war. Lincoln...
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Seeing Through Cynicism: A Reconsideration of the Power of Suspicion

Dick Keyes - Religion - 2006 - 240 pages
...bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes — With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives it to us...
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5 and 10 Minute Sermons from the Word of God

Evang. G. E. McTyre, Evangelist Evang. G. E., BHG McTyre BA - 2005 - 385 pages
...is, 'yes it does, and even that, is not enough.' SUBJECT - DON'T TREAD ON ME!!! SCRIPTURE - Matt 18:7 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! The subject this month, deals with a problem that faces every...
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Once and for All

Rick Visneau - Religion - 2006 - 290 pages
...him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 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! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off,...
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Middle Church: Reclaiming the Moral Values of the Faithful Majority from the ...

Bob Edgar - Religion - 2006 - 272 pages
...planet Earth, The saying Lincoln invoked when he spoke of slavery is just as true of these other evils: "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," The question we face today is not whether to banish religion...
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The Bible and Its Influence

Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - Bible - 2006 - 400 pages
...be not judged." A third biblical reference in Lincoln's address is a direct quote of Matthew 18:7, "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!" Lincoln follows the citation with a rhetorical question: If...
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In His Hands!

Robert Hanson - 2006 - 318 pages
...a Christian returning to sin enters a worse state than he knew before. Matthew 18:7-9; Mark 9:42-50 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! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off,...
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Ladder

Marshall Spurling - Religion - 2006 - 261 pages
...that a millstone were hanged around about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 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! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off,...
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Empire and Slavery in American Literature, 1820-1865

Eric J. Sundquist - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 262 pages
...same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. . . . The prayers of both could not be answered — that of neither has been answered fully." Lincoln's assassination, foreseen in one of his own dreams, completed the role of tragic democratic...
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): grondlegger van de moderne Verenigde Staten van ...

Sam van Clemen - Presidents - 2007 - 255 pages
...strange that any man should ask a just God's assistance in judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has...offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those...
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