...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 that one of these little ones should perish."...

...us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both should [sic; Lincoln said "could" — eds.] not be answered. That of neither has been answered...Almighty has his own 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...

...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 not." Proverbs 1:10. How does...

...of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty 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 cornetti!" If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence...

....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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...significance of the war's duration and carnage: The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to the man from whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses...

...First Inaugural, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural Providence and Persuasion The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. (8.333) How then did these ideas take form in the great presidential speeches? The pressures of impending...