...power of his hand equally in these triumphs and in these sorrows — " Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863: "No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal...They are the gracious gifts of the most high God." If Abraham Lincoln had no religion, then he was a deep hypocrite! You will recall that your and my...

...many in this world have neither. As was written in the first Thanksgiving Proclamation 120 years ago, "No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal...They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God." God has blessed America and her people, and it is appropriate we recognize this bounty. NOW, THEREFORE,...

...augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal...for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. 1 It was not the last time an American President would assure us we could have both guns and butter....

...proclamation, passed by an Act of Congress, initiating the first annual National Day of Thanksgiving: No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal...for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy... I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and those who are sojourning...

...and thanksgiving which made up a public religious ritual throughout the war, of Union victories as "the gracious gifts of the most high God, who, while...for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. Dickinson in one letter devotes her own contribution to the war effort not in terms of the womanly...

...blessings that had been bestowed upon this country even in the midst of the CivU War and acknowledged that "[t]hey are the gracious gifts of the Most High God,...for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy." In 1931, the United States Supreme Court observed that "[w]e are a Christian people, according to one...

...and Thanksgiving, which made up a public religious ritual throughout the war, of Union victories as "the gracious gifts of the most high God, who, while...in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy"12 Although not all of the numerous references to war in Dickinson's letters and poems can be...

...triumphs and these sorrows. 1863: [Citing progress in the war, in industry, and in population growth] No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal...anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy (Proclamation for Thanksgiving, October 3). i86j: It is rather for us here to be dedicated to the great...

...permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel GLORIA <**>' 167 hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these...for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. In Gettysburg the Sentinel, which carried no comment on Lincoln's speech at the cemetery, called it...

...conflict; while that field has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union... "No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are gracious gifts from the most high God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless...