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I'm approaching 200 pages of my first Lincoln book of two this winter, and I came across an incredible story. On February 8, 1855, Lincoln was running to be a senator of Illinios. He needed 51 votes to win. This was when senators were chosen by the politicians themselves instead of the vote of the people. At one point in the voting, Lincoln had 47 votes acquired, only 4 short of victory. The senators basically boiled down to three groups: the Whigs (which represented the 47 votes… Read More

This week I began reading one of two books that will make up about 1700 pages of Abraham Lincoln history that I am reading this winter. Along with a handful of other guys, we are tackling the arguably greatest president that our country has ever had. The first book I'm reading is called "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham… Read More

In 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared the last thursday in November as a national holiday, he did so with the following proclamation:

“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 transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord.
Know that by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to punishments and chastisements… Read More