 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...  Letters and telegrams - Page 129by Abraham Lincoln - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 422 pages
...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...ascribe to him? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 pages
...to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offenses, which in the providence of God must needs...ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Presidents - 1894 - 684 pages
...that He gives to both north and south this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from...ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall .we discern therein any departure from...ascribe to him ? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue... | |
 | George H. Benton - Currency question - 1896 - 40 pages
...and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern there any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to H-iiii? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that ' this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1896 - 502 pages
...shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a liv» ing God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may soon pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 pages
...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...ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 790 pages
...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...ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 800 pages
...fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs \x that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the...ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until... | |
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