Originally posted by foxrev:
I would praise Lincoln's words AFTER his profession of faith in Christ, surely not before. Lincoln did not know the Lord until late in his life (after the death of his son).
God also, in his providence, saw that the North won. Praise HIM for that! Slavery involved people from ALL races and no one is a slave, legally, today in the United States.
Furthermore, the basis for my position is that GOD placed Lincoln in the White House -to rid this country of the horrid blight of slavery and to save the Union - which GOD formed in His providence.