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Lincoln acknowledged that the nation was "in the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity." But he focused instead on the nation's blessings, urging his fellow Americans to remember that: {{cquote|'''No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. ''Let Us Be Thankful For a Land That Will For Such Religion Stand.''''' <ref>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln Papers</ref>}}  

Lincoln acknowledged that the nation was "in the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity." But he focused instead on the nation's blessings, urging his fellow Americans to remember that: {{cquote|'''No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. ''Let Us Be Thankful For a Land That Will For Such Religion Stand.''''' <ref>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html Library of Congress - Abraham Lincoln Papers</ref>}}  

Throughout early American history, when they suffered from drought, famine or war, Americans paused, not to seek vengeance or to question their faith, but to give thanks to God for the blessings they still had. Not only have many Americans forgotten or never learned the historic origins of our Thanksgiving—to pause and give thanks to God for our abundance—but radical [[secularists]] are intent on removing God and [[faith]] from our national life altogether. Many of the entertainment and political elite seem to be threatened by religious faith.

Throughout early American history, when they suffered from drought, famine or war, Americans paused, not to seek [[vengeance]] or to question their faith, but to give thanks to God for the blessings they still had. Not only have many Americans forgotten or never learned the historic origins of our Thanksgiving—to pause and give thanks to God for our abundance—but radical [[secularists]] are intent on removing God and [[faith]] from our national life altogether. Many of the entertainment and political elite seem to be threatened by religious faith.

==History==

==History==