 Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God;...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 4361872 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...his own purposes. " 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."... | |
 | Albert H. Baylis - 1996 - 396 pages
...just results of the evils of slavery for both sides. Both [North and South] read the same Bible. Both pray to the same God: and each invokes his aid against...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread...has His own purposes. "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."... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - 1996 - 456 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...has His own purposes. "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!"... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - 1997 - 538 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...has his own purposes. '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.'... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - 1998 - 428 pages
...Presidents of the United States (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1965), pp. 127-28. nitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither...has His own purposes. "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."... | |
 | John R. McKivigan, Mitchell Snay - 1998 - 412 pages
...a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us not judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both...answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes." The Civil War president recognized a crucial fact that historians have long since sought to explain... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southem part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and...has His own purposes. "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.... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest...has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offenses cometh."... | |
 | Peter W. Williams - 2002 - 628 pages
...these startlingly original and complex reflections on the drama in which he himself was a principal: Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or...has His own purposes. "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."... | |
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