Here are some fun facts and personal opinions about President Abraham Lincoln
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“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.” Ezekiel 12:27 KJV
He turned toward one of the soldier and asked, “Who is dead in the White House?” Through those rough seas there appeared four very scary creatures. I yelled at my companion to lock the door quickly. I shouted at the top of my lungs. I turned to see who won the race….
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV
I’m not sure if it was the first stamp my new collection, but it was the one my Dad talked about the most. As I stood outside that cottage, I looked across the field and I wondered what all those soldiers thought when they heard that the man who cared so much for them had been assassinated the day before. We often get in our biggest trouble when we start looking at our reflection instead of where our shadow falls.
List: What similiar trait do I have with Presidents Polk through Hayes
James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. These are Presidents eleven through nineteen. Here is a list of how I think I am like them.
“Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.” Job 7:14-15 KJV
It seems he was out in the middle of nowhere. The problems and the defeats of this world were just too great for him. Everywhere he looked there was darkness.
“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” Genesis 8:9 KJV
A father stood looking out the window. His reflection exposed the loss he was feeling. He is perhaps the most famous actor in all history. God knows us so much better than we sometimes know ourselves.
In a society where parents’ pride is hugely based on their children’s intellectual abilities, social skills often fall by the wayside. From a social perspective, kids will learn by experience.
Now there would also be a bunch of people who would be going home to tell their families that they no longer had jobs. Very few mourn when arrogance meets its end.
As I sit here at the steps of the Capitol in Washington DC, I’m amazed with all our country has been through. Sometimes listening and following directions is hard.
William Henry Harrison – The Curse of Tecumseh
It’s probably not politically correct to even talk about Indians this way today, but it kept us busy for hours. Tecumseh was a Shawnee Indian warrior. Tenskwatawa, the Prophet, was his younger brother. How it really happens or if it really happened at all is often suspect.