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Erica Galindo
Celebrating Food, Faith and Family
Last edited on: November 15, 2014.

On FEBRUARY 11, 1861, newly elected President Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Illinois for Washington-never to return.

In his Farewell Speech he said:

“I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

Trusting in Him who can go with me and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well…

Let us all pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now..”

Forty-five days before his assassination, Lincoln stated in his Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865:

“Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God…The prayers of both could not be answered…

If God will that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said

‘the Judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'”

 

 

 

 

 

William J. Federer is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage.

To learn more about the author please visit  William Federer

 

 

 

 

 

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