<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416433" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Father, Father Abraham</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Father, Father Abraham,<br>Today look on us from above;<br>On us, the offspring of thy faith,<br>The children of thy Christ-like love.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For that which we have humbly wrought,<br>Give us today thy kindly smile;<br>Wherein we've failed or fallen short,<br>Bear with us, Father, yet awhile.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Father, Father Abraham,<br>Today we lift our hearts to thee,<br>Filled with the thought of what great price<br>Was paid, that we might ransomed be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today we consecrate ourselves<br>Anew in hand and heart and brain,<br>To send this judgment down the years:<br>The ransom was not paid in vain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Weldon+Johnson">James Weldon Johnson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416433" data-title="Father, Father Abraham de James Weldon Johnson" data-description="(On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth) Father, Father Abraham, Today look on us from above; On us, the offspring of thy faith, The children of thy Christ-like love. For that which we have humbly wrought, Give us today thy kindly smile; Wherein..."></div> </div> </div>

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