Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 1957

Wednesday, November 27, 1957

"It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their own independence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proved by all history, that those nations only are blest whose God is the Lord."
— Abraham Lincoln

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Illustration of Abraham Lincoln — "It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their own independence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proved by all history, that those nations only are blest whose God is the Lord."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.