Author: Joseph A. Seiss

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Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781331253907

Excerpt from The Assassinated President: Or the Day of National Mourning for Abraham Lincoln, at St. John's (Lutheran) Church, Philadelphia, June 1st, 1865 Introit. - "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer." Reading of the Ten Commandments, Ex. 20: 1-17. The Confession of Sins. Almighty and most holy Lord and God, who dost command us to humble ourselves under thy mighty hand, that thou mayest exalt us in due time; in humility of spirit we confess before thee, in this our bereavement and affliction, how deeply, as a nation, we have deserved thy wrath. We acknowledge thy righteousness in the sorrowful visitation which has come upon us, and bow to thy holy will in submission and self-abasement. Manifold are our transgressions, and the more sinful because of the many and great mercies which thou hast bestowed upon us. We have sinned, in pride and living to ourselves, in covetousness and worldliness of mind, in self-sufficiency and too much trusting in man instead of thee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.