To Providence resign the rest. There is but one question, and that is the will of God. That settles all other questions. The Third Petition of the Lord's prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but their own. The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Some men see things as they are and say why.
And if your prayer is only a form of words, made by the skill of other people, such a prayer can no more change you into a good man, than an actor upon the stage, who speaks kingly language, is thereby made to be a king. With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. We trust that God is on our side. It is more important that we are on God's side. My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.