Prayer for Service in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
Give thanks for Lincoln’s remembered service and ask to honor that memory through practical care for people in need.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
Almighty Father, we thank Thee today for the gracious memory of Thy servant who lived and died for the sake of a free and united nation. We thank Thee more that we have his life inwrought into the very fabric of the life of the nation. We had in him “a hiding place from the wind and a covert from the tempest, a river of water in a dry place and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” We gratefully join in praise with the thousands who found help and cheer in the shadow of his strength. And now we humbly beseech Thee, help us in some small way this day to be a helper to the helpless, a friend to the needy, sunshine to those whose day will be gray and gloomy, the shadow of a great rock to those who are buffeted by the world’s storms. Thus shall we prove our gratitude to Thee for the gift of Thy servant whom we honor today, and thus shall we honor Thee. We ask and offer all in the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.