Abraham Lincoln confided to a friend ldquo I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go rdquo In the horrific years of the American Civil War President Lincoln not only spent time in fervent prayer but also called the country to join him In he proclaimed a ldquo day of humiliation prayer and fasting rdquo And he did so again in stating ldquo It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God to confess their sins and
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