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The Weight of Testimony
It is the duty ofnations as well as ofmen to
win their dependence upon the overruling power
ofGod, to confess their sins and transgressions
in humble sorrow yet with assured hope that
genuine repentance will lead to mercy and
pardon. ... Those nations only are blessed whose
God is the Lord.
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-- Abraham Lincoln, 1863
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us
--
that from these
honoreddead we take increaseddevotion to that
cause for which they gave the last full measure
of devotion; that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain; that this
nation under God shall have a new birth of
freedom
--
and that government of the people,
by the people, and for the people shall notperish
from the earth.
-- Abraham Lincoln at
Gettysburg, 1863
In regard to this Great Book, I have but to
say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All
the good Saviour gave to the world was
communicated through this book. But for it, we
could not know right from wrong. All things
most desirable for
man~
welfare, here and
hereafter, are to be found portrayed in it.
-- Abraham Lincoln, 1864
Please thank them for that, sir
--
I warmly
appreciate it And I can only say that I am
nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone
for salvation, and need all of the prayers they
can offer for me.
-- General Robert E. Lee,
upon hearing that all the
chaplains were praying for him
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