"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power ... But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings 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.”
(ABRAHAM LINCOLN, proclamation appointing a National Fast Day, March 30, 1863)
I think it's interesting how Abe Lincoln thought we were "there" in 1863. I wonder what he'd think of where we are now.
Thanks to Jenn for posting it first and letting me borrow it.
3 comments:
I'm glad you liked it, Flee! That is a high compliment that you would borrow something from my blog. Have a great day!
Sounds like a prophet, doesn't he.
Boy, I'd hate to hear what he'd have to say about us now. We're about ready for fire and brimstone!
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