From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
October 17
'I do therefore invite my fellow
citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and
those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last
Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our
beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that
while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular
deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our
national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those
who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil
strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the
interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to
restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full
enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.'
- Abraham Lincoln
'When you undertake to bring your
life into relation with God, you are embarking upon a serious and demanding
task, a task that leaves no leeway for self-deception or delusion. It requires
the most rigorous dedication, self-discipline and self-knowledge. Dive in with
gusto – because God is involved, you are sure to find the process boundlessly
exhilarating.'
- Arnold Kunst
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