 If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses 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 Andrew Johnson - Page 262by William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Janet Kay - Education - 2004 - 522 pages
...to that 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...which, having continued through His appointed time, He wills now to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to... | |
 | James D. Robenalt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 340 pages
...the context of his times, Lincoln said: "If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs...but which, having continued through His appointed hour, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the... | |
 | Greg Pettys - Religion - 2004 - 206 pages
...suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the Providence of God, must needs come, which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove. And that He gives to both the North and the South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense... | |
 | James Panabaker - History - 2004 - 264 pages
...American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but 203 which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came,... | |
 | Philip Goff, Paul Harvey - Religion - 2004 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | Alfred Kazin, Ted Solotaroff - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 593 pages
...awesome, a great public cty from the heart; If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those 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... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...purposes. Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh. If we shall suppose...appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came. Shall... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 444 pages
..."'Woe unto 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...appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came,... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - History - 2005 - 396 pages
...to that 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...appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came,... | |
 | Brian Weiner - Political Science - 2009 - 258 pages
...man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came,... | |
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