Abraham Lincoln's Call for Humiliation and Prayer from Claude V King on Vimeo.
On March 3, 1863, the Senate of the United States passed a resolution requesting that President Abraham Lincoln issue a call for a day of humiliation and prayer. On March 13 Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward signed a proclamation calling for a national day of humiliation and prayer "to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness." God did promise:
"If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:13-14, HCSB).
As God's people, let's humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and repent for the healing of our nation!
Lincoln's Proclamation...
