...represent public opinion, I would again say, Take heed how ye offend one of these, Christ's little ones. " It must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." " My leave," once said a witty Frenchwoman, " was not asked before I came into the world." See to it...

...men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged....purposes. ' Woe unto the world because of offenses 1 for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.' If we shall...

...men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged....his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh."...

...men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged....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 cometh."...

...men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged....his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offences, for it must must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh."...

...him that a millstone were hançed about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must...' but woe to that man ' by whom the offense cometh ! 8 Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better...

...men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged....prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither had been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. ""Woo unto the world because of offences,...

...religious sanction, for God was the only language to reach both parties, even though He favored neither: "The prayers of both could not be answered, that of...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes." This is America's chief executive instructing the nation about the "mighty scourge of war" from within...

...dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces — The prayers of both could not be answered; that of...answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes." Not only is this the case, but our theologian of political events, in its light, cites Christian Scripture:...

...slaveholders. However, he cautioned: "Let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both [sides] could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes." At this point Lincoln increased the intensity of his language and invoked biblical authority for the...