5 The Almighty 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.’ If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the
providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that
he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein
any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him? Fondly do we hope—
fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the
wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn
by the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, ‘The
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.’
Lincoln's argument in paragraph 5 for why the war was fought and slavery has been abolished is that it is
Hint
A) the will of God.
B) the nation's fate.
C) the result of prayer and hope.
D) an agreement that both sides wanted.
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