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By: Tom Usher

Tom Usher — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:44:17 +0000

Hi,

Lincoln was in error when he characterized the civil strife as unavoidable.

Now that I think of it, I’ve never seen a reference to Lincoln referring to Jesus by name. I wonder why. I’ll look, but I don’t have access to every last written word by Lincoln. It may be that he did comment about Jesus by name but that others just have avoided it.

If anyone knows about this, I’d appreciate a link or two.

Blessed are the peacemakers,

Tom Usher
Real Liberal Christian Church

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By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:31:39 +0000

Thank you for your comment, Dr. Johnson. As a matter of fact, I did look this information up before I published it (please check the link to the National Archives site). As mentioned, this was the second thanksgiving proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, the first was made immediately following the battle at Gettysburg. Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation (his second for the year), as republished above, is the one that has led to America celebrating Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November (briefly on the third Thursday during FDR's tenure). Sarah Josepha Hale has been widely credited for working for nearly thirty years to make Thanksgiving a legal holiday in the US. That Thanksgiving Day in November 1863 was initially proclaimed by Lincoln but not made official until FDR signed legislation in 1941 which made it law.

By: Kevin Orlin Johnson, Ph.D.

Kevin Orlin Johnson, Ph.D. — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:33:09 +0000

No, no president can create a holiday by proclaiming it. This was only one of many proclamations of days of thanksgiving, also called days of fasting and humiliation, that the presidents have issued during wars and crises. It’s not the first or only one that Lincoln issued, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the New-England fall holiday, which was already hundreds of years old. You can look these things up before you repeat them. That’s always a good idea.

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:36:51 +0000

Matt, Thanks for this reminder. It's so easy to focus on the negative, especially when that's all we hear in the media. We need to be thankful for the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. Lillie Ammanns last blog post..Thanks to October Commenters

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