8/19/2018 ~ Presidential Quotes 9 |
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Darkness denies the truth of light. Bondage from the flesh is set free in the Spirit. 16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Part 2 “My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.” What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ~ Romans 8:31 “May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.” “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” “When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self-evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self-evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!” Souls are given spirit under the test of God
All human souls have an equal value upon the fingerprint of life. Each of us has a surprising quality uniquely given to exemplify His Glory in mercy upon Grace. “It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion, as others have so done before them.” Where a humble heart reigns over an arrogant one, true leadership is found holding wisdom in the heights of love. Decadence follows the greedy in the carnage they breed. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! ~ Isaiah 5:21 “It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it." “Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object.” "He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death." ~ Exodus 21:16 “One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.” “Repeal the Missouri Compromise (1820) - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence (1776) - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of man's heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.” ... "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, ..." ~ John 8:34-36 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. ..." ~ Luke 6:45 The house of God is the freedom of all His son’s. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." ~ Mark 3:24-25 “He [Stephen Douglas] is blowing out the moral lights around us, when he contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to hold them; that he is penetrating, so far as lies in his power, the human soul, and eradicating the light of reason and the love of liberty, when he is in every possible way preparing the public mind, by his vast influence, for making the institution of slavery perpetual and national.” Souls fall when passions negate compassions
“Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, have been looking upon him as certainly, at no distant day, to be the President of the United States. They have seen in his round, jolly, fruitful face, post offices, land offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, chargeships and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands.” Slavery comes by those that oppress the populous through unfair earnings exchanges or the denial of said such payments. It is not voluntary when one is forced to work for free or rewarded with a pittance return. Our shame blazes as modern-day interest charges are levied on money that has never existed, forcing servitude to the main body of peoples. The rich feast upon the poor, especially when said people abandon their own sense of fairness, under a responsible and reasonable fear of accountability, to the Supreme Being, Creator of all, which thereby destroys civilizations. The age-old quest to love, or not to love, is played out before us all on the heavenless follies mankind stumbles murderously into. “I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.” "... Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" ~ Esther 4:14 The providence of God places souls in times where they are needed most. Through His will, souls find enlightenment with certain purpose. “One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.” “We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.” “No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.” “I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.” “I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.” The heart of all truth is undeniable
“Our political problem now is "Can we, as a nation, continue together permanently forever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution.” ... humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. ~ 1st Peter 5:6-7 “We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.” ... there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ~ Galatians 3:28 PresidentialQuotesAM9.5.mp3 (46m 50s) “That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thence forward, and forever free...” “Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.” “And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation] ... I invoke ...the gracious favor of Almighty God.” “You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.” “We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would pervert it.” ... all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, ... ~ 2nd Timothy 3:12-13 Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. “We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.” “Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.” “We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.” Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, ... ~ Ephesians 4:31-32 ... the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; ... ~ 1st Corinthians 12:25-26 “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” ... and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. ~ Jeremiah 29:11-13 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, ... ~ Isaiah 40:31 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, ... ~ Romans 12:9-12 Commitment in hope renders joys of heart
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ~ Romans 15:13 “I will either be America's greatest president or its last.” My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. ... ~ Hosea 4:6 ... the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; ... ~ Isaiah 40:15 A time comes where the call must be answered
It is only by individual spiritual accountability that a nation is made great. In God man’s true heart is found. Darkness advances under the horror of gloom. |
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