Abraham Lincoln's Pointed Words About the ‘Deceitfulness of Our Hearts' Should Stir Us to Our Core

Billy Hallowell : Sep 4, 2017
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"Whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, 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." -Abraham Lincoln

[Faithwire.com] As President Abraham Lincoln struggled to mend a torn and tattered nation amid the crushing pressure of the nation's deadly Civil War, he issued a "Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer" proclamation on March 30, 1863—an effort to rally and re-center Americans around God and prayer. (Photo Credit: White House/ via Faithwire)

And in light of the divisiveness and pain plaguing the U.S. right now, it's important to look back at the text of Lincoln's remarkable proclamation to discern the pertinent and pointed lessons it contains for the modern era.

Lincoln's proclamation repeatedly references the Almighty, calls on Americans to turn back to prayer and acknowledges the importance that God plays in human affairs. It opens, in part, with the following:

Whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon…

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