November 19 was the 147th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Mark Herringshaw, a blogger at the Beliefnet blog “Prayer Plain and Simple” wants us to think about the Gettysburg Address as Lincoln’s public declaration of Christian orthodox faith.
After reprinting the text of the address Herringshaw writes:
Ponder again Lincoln’s words. What strikes you? Is it his reaffirmation of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence language, “that all men are created equal?” Is it Lincoln’s somber statement of purpose: “It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work?” Or is it his humble submission to sovereign God’s purpose, his Enlightenment-man conversion to orthodox Christian faith, that “this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom?”
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