Show I The Creed of Abraham Lincoln unc l I in God the Almighty Ruler of or rations Nations our great and good and lID Maker Faker our Father in Heaven who notes the fall of or a sparrow sparrow sparrow spar spar- row an and numbers the hairs of our bea heads s. s I believe l e c in His eternal truth troth and justice I recognize the tho sublime truth announced in the lIol Holy Scriptures and proven b by all history that those nations only are blest whoso whose God is the Lord I believe c e that it is tho dut duty of nations as well as ns of men to own their dependence upon the thc overruling power of or Go God an and to invoke tho influence of Ills Ibs Holy Spirit to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow yet with ith assured hope that genuine genuino will lead to mercy and pardon I believe that it is meet and ana right to recognize nize and co confess ess the presence of the Almighty Father equally in our triumphs and in in those sorrows which we wc may justly fear arc are a n punishment inflicted upon us for our ur presumptuous ous sins to the needful heedful end of our reformation I II I believe that tho the Bible is the best hest gift which God has ever e given v-cn v to tomen men All the good from the Saviour of the world is communicated to us through this book I believe e the will of God prevails Without V Him all nil human reliance is isain s vain ain Without the 3 assistance of or that Divine ine Being I cannot succeed With that assistance I cannot Innot fail I Being a 3 humble instrument in the hands Lands oC of our Heavenly Father I 1 desire that nil all my works and acts may be according to His will and that it may be so I give thanks to the Almighty and seek Isis His aid I r have hn a n solemn oath registered in heaven to finish tho the work I amin am amin in in fun full view of my responsibility to my God with ith malice toward none nono with charity for all with ith firmness in the ri right ht as God give g me to seethe see seo the right Commending those who love lo me mc to His care ns as I hope bope in their prayers they will commend w me I look through tho the help of God to a joyous meeting with many man man- loved ones gone pono Ono before This Creed of oC Abraham Lincoln is an extract from The Soul of oC Abraham Lincoln Doran by the Rev Rey William E. E Barton I D. D D. D No liberties havo been taken with Lincoln's E sentences all publicly uttered except to change chango the past tense to the presen present or tho the plural to the singular and to add connectives and preface tho the words r I believe |