...invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God 's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat...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....

...the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in Jtmnging their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. ***** "If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses, which in the Providence...

...faces, hut let us judge not that we be not judged. There was a smattering of applause in the crowd. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of...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!...

...all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.,. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less...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."...

...the nation's wounds. Noting the irony of each side invoking God's aid against the other, he states: Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God;...has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.74 Then, paraphrasing Genesis 3:18, Lincoln points to the manifest incompatibility between...