A bit of REAL history here, that completely dismisses the revisionist historians seeking to remove God from the history of this Nation, and from the public square in general.
Please read...
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| The one word that truly represents the Fourth of July is 'Freedom' |
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With the countless threats to religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family that abound in our land, it is important to maintain perspective in the fight God has called us to in this battle before us. Our nation has faced many perils before, and each time God has delivered us by His hand.
Consider that in 1863, on this very day, the bloody Battle of Gettysburg ended with over 50,000 horrible casualties. President Lincoln, who was increasingly drawn to utter dependence on His Maker, was asked by one of his generals if he was fearful of the outcome at Gettysburg. He responded:
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No, I was not; some of my Cabinet and many others in Washington were, but I had no fears…. In the pinch of your campaign up there, when everybody seemed panic-stricken, and nobody could tell what was going to happen, oppressed by the gravity of our affairs, I went to my room one day, and I locked the door, and got down on my knees before Almighty God, and prayed to Him mightily for victory at Gettysburg.
I told Him that this was His war, and our cause His cause, but we couldn’t stand another Fredericksburg or Chancellorsville. And I then and there made a solemn vow to Almighty God, that if He would stand by our boys at Gettysburg, I would stand by Him.
And He did stand by you boys, and I will stand by Him. And after that (I don't know how it was, and I can’t explain it), soon a sweet comfort crept into my soul that God Almighty had taken the whole business into his own hands and that things would go all right at Gettysburg. And that is why I had no fears about you. |
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Twelve days after the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 15, 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Prayer.
God delivered our nation then. And He will deliver our nation and those who put their trust in Him now. |
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