Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
~February 12,1809-April 14,1865~
"Freedom, the last, best,
hope on earth."
~~Abe Lincoln~~
"I believe the Bible is the best gift
God has ever given to man.
All the
good from the Saviour of the world
is communicated to us
through this
book."
~~Abraham Lincoln~~
"We have been the
recipients of the choices
bounties of heaven;
We have been preserved these many years
in peace and prosperity;
We have grown in numbers,
wealth, and power
as no other nation has ever grown."
"But we have forgotten God
"We have forgotten the gracious hand
which preserved us in peace
and multiplied and
enriched
and strengthened us."
"We have vainly imagined,
in the deceitfulness of our hearts,
that all these things were produced by some
superior wisdom and virtue of our own."
"Intoxicated with
unbroken success,
we have become too self-sufficient,
to feel the
necessity of
redeeming and preserving grace,
too proud to pray to the God that made us."
Written by
Abraham Lincoln
"I never behold the stars
that I do not feel
that I am looking in the face of God.
I can see how it might be possible
for a man to
look
down upon the earth and be an atheist,
but I cannot conceive how he could look up
into the heavens, and say there is no God."
Written by
~~Abraham Lincoln~~
at age 19
"It is the duty of nations,
as well as of men,
to own their dependence
upon the overruling
power of God,
and to recognize
the sublime truth
announced in the Holy Scriptures,
and proven by all history,
that those nations only are blessed,
whose God is the Lord."
Written by
--Abraham Lincoln~~
"With malice toward none;
with charity for all;
with firmness in the right,
as God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish
the work we
are in;
to bind up the nation's wounds;
to care for him who shall have
borne the battle,
and for his widow, and his orphan -
to do all which may
achieve
and cherish a just,
and a lasting peace,
among ourselves,
and with
all nations."
~~Abraham Lincoln~~
in his Second Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1865
President Lincoln's personal Bible
reveals a habit he had of running his
finger across the page as he read.
One verse had been read so often it's print
was barely visible on the page.
That verse was:
"I sought the Lord,and he heard me,
and delivered me from all my fears."
Psalms 34:4
A man is never so tall as when
he
kneels before God.
Never more dependable than when he
depends upon God.
Never so strong as when he draws upon
God's strength.
Never so wise as when in his lack of wisdom,
he seeks Divine Guidance,
Truly, the man who most relies on God
will be the
most reliable man."
Writer Unknown
God Bless
~Jackie Carl~
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