Need immediate help!!!

[frogbison]

Am registering at a conservative Christian message board, to try to reason with them and I want to put a Lincoln quote as my signature. This quote refers to his prayer that the nation is on the side of God, as opposed to doing what is perceived as God's will. Sorry to be so vague...

[KurtNYC]

1. This ??

September 30, 1862
The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to affect His purpose. I am almost ready to say that this is probably true; that God wills this contest, and wills that it shall not end yet. By His mere great power on the minds of the now contestants, He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without a human contest. Yet the contest began. And, having begun, He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the contest proceeds.

[MostlyLurks]

5. LINCOLN WAS A BLASPHEMER!

How can Lincoln claim that "God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time." God is capable of all things! DEATH TO LINCOLN!

Oh, sorry - I was just channeling a fundie for a moment there.

[RobertSeattle]

2. I believe this is what you are referring to

"Sir my concern is not whether God is on our side. My great concern is to be on God's side."
-- Abraham Lincoln

[mad_hatter]

3. I think this is what you're looking for

During the Civil War - Someone said they hoped "the Lord was on the Union's side."

"I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is
always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and
prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side."

[frogbison]

4. That's it! I knew

you would come through!! Thanks so much! ...wish me luck...