 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 - Page 479by John William Draper - 1870Full view - About this book
 | William J. Federer - History - 2005 - 287 pages
....Each looked for an easier triumph... Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God. ...The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has...answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. 61 Unitarians were included in the list of denominations from which chaplains were appointed, as reported... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 944 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." In his Springfield speech a decade earlier, Lincoln had maintained that he could not condemn the South... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 407 pages
...with God's will: "Both may be, and one must be wrong." Now, thirty months later, he said, "The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has...answered fully." "The Almighty has his own purposes," Lincoln added, quoting Jesus' fiery words in the Gospel of Matthew: "'Woe unto the world because of... | |
 | Don Hawkinson - Religion - 2005 - 386 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 been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes."39 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January... | |
 | Alvin Cordes - Religion - 2005 - 296 pages
...man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own hist, and enticed." James 1: 13, 14. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comethl" Matthew 18:7. "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou... | |
 | Beate Hampe, Joseph E. Grady - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 485 pages
...answered. [20] That of neither has been answered fully. [21] The Almighty has His own purposes. [22] "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." [23] If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those... | |
 | Daniel D. Hardman - Religion - 2005 - 144 pages
...for 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! Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven... | |
 | Henry T. Sell - Religion - 2005 - 172 pages
...man's relation to sin should be uncompromising. He used vigorous language in regard to sin. He said, " 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... | |
 | Roger N. McNamara, Ken Davis - Religion - 2005 - 660 pages
...the presence of problem people in our ministries. Jesus told us as much in Matthew 18:7 when he said, "Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come." Paul and Barnabas had misunderstandings (Acts 15:38-40), John had to deal with Diotrephes (III John... | |
 | Roger N. McNamara, Ken Davis - Religion - 2005 - 660 pages
...the presence of problem people in our ministries. Jesus told us as much in Matthew 18:7 when he said, "Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come." Paul and Barnabas had misunderstandings (Acts 15:38-40), John had to deal with Diotrephes (III John... | |
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