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 – the good news is since
God is involved you are sure to find the process boundlessly exhilarating.” -
Arnold Kunst
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