Historic Faith Ministries

Harriet Beecher Stowe

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:57:01 +0000

“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!” Abraham Lincoln on meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Control of Events

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:54:09 +0000

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” Abraham Lincoln, letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864.

Union

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:48:26 +0000

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union…If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.…I have here stated my purpose according to my views of official duty and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.” Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862.

Judgments of God

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:43:38 +0000

“Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bond-man’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said , ‘The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.” Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.

Last Best Hope

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:39:41 +0000
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message … Continue reading →

Fiery Trial

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:36:04 +0000
“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history…No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.” Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message … Continue reading →

A House Divided

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000

“‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.” Abraham Lincoln, Speech, June 16, 1858.

Power of the Ballot

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:27:35 +0000

“To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.” Abraham Lincoln, Speech, May 18, 1858

War’s a Game

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:22:02 +0000

” But war’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.” William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)

War and Poets

historicfaith-jo — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:18:16 +0000

“As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back.
Rhyme is still the most effective drum.” Jean Giradoux