 | 1899 - 74 pages
...this country for their constant prayers and consolation and to no one of them more than to yourself. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must...terrible war long before this; but God knows best and ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work... | |
 | 1900 - 554 pages
...agreed that intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all evils among mankind." " The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must...may fail to accurately perceive them in advance." " A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people and its laws." " No men living are more... | |
 | 1901 - 960 pages
...too old to change. This government must be preserved in spite of the acts of any man or set of men. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail accurately to perceive them in advance. I know that the Lord is always on the side of right ; but it... | |
 | Republican Club of the City of New York - 1902 - 88 pages
...with manly hearts." And toward the end, "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must prevail. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible...ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge his wisdom." Mr. Lincoln was not a self-made man, nor a luck-made man, but a God-made man. God needed him and God... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 888 pages
...the country for their constant prayers and consolations, and to no one of them more than to yourself. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to .ocurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 pages
...country for their constan: prayers and consolations; and to no one of them more thai, to yourself. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must...accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happ; termination of this terrible war long before this; but Got' knows best, and has ruled otherwise.... | |
 | Alfred Miller Heston - 1904 - 462 pages
...belief that "the purposes of the Aimighty are perfect and must prevail." He added: "We hoped for a termination of this terrible war long before this, but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise," Miss Gurney was a well-known Friend, living in Philadelphia. but with a summer home on Virginia avenue,... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...people of this country for their constant prayers and consolations, and to no one more than yourself. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must...otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and pur own error therein. Meanwhile, we must work earnestly in the best light He gives us, trusting that... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 476 pages
...country for their constant prayer and consolations ; and to no one of them, more than to yourself. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must...therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best light He gives us, trusting that so working still conduces to the great ends He ordains. Surely He... | |
 | 1906 - 434 pages
...in any man's bosom. No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must...mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. Lincoln's Explanation of His Altitude on Slavery. From a letter written to AG Hodges, Esq., Frankfort,... | |
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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. 
