 | Jonathan Todd Hobson - Dayton (Ohio) - 1913 - 136 pages
...Newton Bateman, 1860. What I do thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt know hereafter. — John 13 :7. The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must...mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. — Letter to Mrs. Gurney, 1864. He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with... | |
 | Grenville M. Dodge - United States - 1914 - 266 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...but God knows best and has ruled otherwise. We shall acknowledge His wisdom, and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best light... | |
 | Grenville M. Dodge - United States - 1914 - 266 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...termination of this terrible war long before this, hut God knows best and has ruled otherwise. We shall acknowledge His wisdom, and our own error therein.... | |
 | Clark Smith Beardslee - 1914 - 250 pages
...a sentence which involves and comprehends as well the total measure of the last inaugural : — • "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must...may fail to accurately perceive them in advance." Here is a confession notable in itself. It would be notable in any man, and at any time. But when one... | |
 | Teaching - 1916 - 540 pages
...that intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all evils among mankind." No. 5. "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail accurately to predict them in advance." No. 6. "No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 358 pages
..."The 2* Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. VIII., p. 52. 24 Lincoln, the Citizen, pp. 2o3-2o4. purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail,...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... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 704 pages
...re-election, in a letter to Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, a devout Christian woman of the Society of Friends, he said: "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must...terrible war long before this ; but God knows best, and l1as ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 680 pages
..."The 13 Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. VIII., p. 52. 24 Lincoln, the Citizen, pp. 203-204. purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail,...terrible war long before this ; but God knows best, and lias ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...the 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... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Manuscripts - 1920 - 414 pages
...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...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... | |
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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. 
