...certain they represent the divine will. ... I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so closely connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. ... If I can...

...version of it, in which the uncharitable remark about the metropolis of the West is omitted. It reads: "I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that...might be supposed He would reveal it directly to me. . . . Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do." The fact is Lincoln recognized no other medium...

...that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both. I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that...with my duty, it might be supposed He would reveal 10 it directly to me; for, unless I am more deceived in myself than I often am, it is my earnest desire...

...committee of ministers, urging emancipation, who came in September "to reveal God's will" to him, he said : "If it is probable that God would reveal His will to others on a point so closely connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. The subject...

...that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both. I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that,...directly to me. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do especially as we are now situated ? I do not want to issue a document that...

...heaven-sent admonitions to declare immediate emancipation of the slaves, he wrote to Horace Greeley: "I am approached with the most opposite opinions and...might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me." If the inquisitors in all the ages could only have caught a glimpse of this homely truth ! But the...

...proclamation of Emancipation. A few lines are not without bearing in all times of war, and even of peace : I am approached with the most opposite opinions and...might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me, for it is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what...

...that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both. I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that,...directly to me. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do especially as, we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document1 that...

...and that the will of the people was also the divine will on this matter of emancipation, he replied: "I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that...probable that God would reveal his will to others on a Lincoln Receiving the Delegation of Clergymen from Chicago. point so connected with my duty, it might...

...comprehend it, yet we cannot but believe that he who made the world still governs it." * Again he said : " I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that...might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me ; for, unless I am more deceived in myself than I often am, it is my earnest desire to know the will...