Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Christ

I came across a recent article from World Magazine about the journey that brought Abraham Lincoln from being disinterested to being mildly interested to being committed to Christ and His Word. You can read about it here http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13736.

Here is one brief paragraph cited in the article by Marvin Olasky:

"Lincoln's second inaugural address, a month before his assassination in 1865, most clearly exhibits his theological change. That speech, with its call to 'bind up the nation's wounds,' is often cited as evidence of Lincoln's emphasis on reconciliation, but it shows even more his new sense of Providence. 'Fondly do we hope—fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war might speedily pass away,' he said. 'Yet if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid with another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago so still it must be said, 'the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.'"