...North and the South, who were respectively praying for their own speedy victory in war (CW 8:332-33). "He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence [of human slavery] came" Lincoln surmises, echoing the passage from Matthew 1 8:7 he had just...

...man by whom the offence cometh!' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...which, having continued through His appointed time, He wills now to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to...

...suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the Providence of God, must needs come, which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove. And that He gives to both the North and the South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came. Shall we...

...man by whom the offence cometh!' If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...which, having continued through His appointed time, He wills now to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to...

...Lincoln ponders in sentences [23]-[25]. [23] If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs...the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? [24] Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away....

...to the man from whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...the offence cometh! [quoting from Matthew]. If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the Providence of God, must needs...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we 235 discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...the world because of offences!'... If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...

...man by whom the offence cometh. If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which in the Providence of God must needs come, but...this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came. Shall we discern there is any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers...

...man by whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come,...terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers...