Comments on: Lincoln and God http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/02/10/lincoln-and-god/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Collins http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/02/10/lincoln-and-god/comment-page-1/#comment-187092 David Collins Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:25:11 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=1160#comment-187092 For daily spiritual reading, I use, in addition to the Bible, a book titled "Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence." From what I've learned through it, Lincoln was right when he wrote, "In the very responsible position in which I happen to be placed, being a humble instrument int the hands of our heavenly Father, as I am, and as we all are, to work out his great purposes, I have desired that all my works and acts may be according to his will...but if after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise." For daily spiritual reading, I use, in addition to the Bible, a book titled "Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence." From what I've learned through it, Lincoln was right when he wrote, "In the very responsible position in which I happen to be placed, being a humble instrument int the hands of our heavenly Father, as I am, and as we all are, to work out his great purposes, I have desired that all my works and acts may be according to his will...but if after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise."

]]> By: Etienne Gervaise http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2009/02/10/lincoln-and-god/comment-page-1/#comment-187002 Etienne Gervaise Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:46:02 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=1160#comment-187002 Before the first shots were fired in the U.S. Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln had begun to style himself as an instrument of the Lord. How ironic! He was never a member of any church. Although he attended Baptyist churches at a tender age in Kentucky, and Presbyterian churches at a later age, his faith remains a mystery. Apparently, he never remembered the gospel passage, "for I too am a man under authority." Before the first shots were fired in the U.S. Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln had begun to style himself as an instrument of the Lord.

How ironic! He was never a member of any church. Although he attended Baptyist churches at a tender age in Kentucky, and Presbyterian churches at a later age, his faith remains a mystery. Apparently, he never remembered the gospel passage, "for I too am a man under authority."

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