F A I T H A L I V E
H o w e v er, Li n c ol n n e v er g a v e u p, e v e n w h e n e v er y o n e els e s ai d t h at h e s h o ul d. Fi n all y, i n 1 8 6 0, h e w as el e ct e d pr esi d e nt of t h e U nit e d St at es of A m eri c a. Li n c ol n n o w f a c e d his gr e at est c h all e n g e: h o w t o s a v e his c o u ntr y. A m eri c a w as t e ari n g its elf a p art o v er m a n y iss u es, p arti c ul arl y t h e n e e d t o e n d sl a v er y. I n 1 8 6 1, a t erri bl e ci vil w ar er u pt e d. It
l ast e d f o ur y e ars a n d l eft h u n dr e ds of t h o us a n ds d e a d. Li n c ol n l e d t h e U ni o n, w hi c h w as m a d e u p of t h e n ort h er n st at es t h at w a nt e d t o e n d sl a v er y. O p p osi n g hi m w as t h e C o nf e d er a c y, w hi c h c o nsist e d of t h e s o ut h er n st at es t h at w er e fi g hti n g t o k e e p sl a v er y. It w as d uri n g t h os e t erri bl e w ar y e ars
t h at Li n c ol n s h o w e d hi ms elf t o b e a gr e at
l e a d er. N o m att er h o w dif fi c ult
t hi n gs b e c a m e, Li n c ol n n e v er l ost h o p e or g a v e i n t o s elf- pit y. N ot w h e n a n ot h er of his s o ns, Willi a m, di e d of t y p h oi d f e v er i n 1 8 6 2, or e v e n w h e n h e h a d t o c ar e f or his wif e, w h o b e c a m e d e e pl y d e pr ess e d aft er w ar ds. Li n c ol n’s c o ur a g e
i ns pir e d
t h os e ar o u n d hi m. Li n c ol n w as w ell pr e p ar e d f or all t h e
s et b a c ks t h at b att er e d A m eri c a d uri n g t h e ci vil w ar. A l ess er p ers o n w o ul d h a v e c oll a ps e d u n d er t h e str ai n of e n di n g sl a v er y a n d l e a di n g t h e U ni o n t o vi ct or y. F or m ost of his lif e, Li n c ol n h a d m a n y
d o u bts a b o ut C hristi a nit y. H o w e v er, his fri e n d Dr P hi n e as G url e y, a Pr es b yt eri a n mi nist er, s ai d t h at, aft er b e c o mi n g pr esi d e nt, Li n c ol n g ai n e d gr e at str e n gt h fr o m pr a y er. H e d e v el o p e d a d e e p f ait h i n G o d. T his g a v e hi m t h e c o ur a g e t o f a c e gr e at c h all e n g es a n d m a k e h ar d
1 1 4
d e cisi o ns. Li n c ol n a d mitt e d t his t o his cl os est fri e n ds, s a yi n g:
‘ Wit h o ut t h e assist a n c e of G o d, I c a n n ot s u c c e e d.’
W h e n t h e ci vil w ar w as w o n, Li n c ol n di d e v er yt hi n g h e c o ul d t o e n c o ur a g e r e c o n cili ati o n b et w e e n t h e t w o si d es: n ort h a n d s o ut h. H e di d n ot w a nt r e v e n g e. H e di d n ot w a nt t o h u mili at e his o p p o n e nts. H e di d e v er yt hi n g h e c o ul d t o b e gi n h e ali n g t h e w o u n ds of t h e w ar. Li n c ol n w as oft e n mis u n d erst o o d b y ot h ers a n d e x p eri e n c e d
I N V E S TI G AT E l ots of u nf air
criti cis m. H o w e v er, h e w as n e v er afr ai d t o d o t h e ri g ht t hi n g, e v e n
if I N V E S TI G AT E i n lif e. H e w or k e d it w as
u n p o p ul ar. Li n c ol n h a d a cl e ar i d e a of w h at h e w a nt e d t o a c hi e v e
tir el essl y f or t h e c o m m o n g o o d. H e w as a m a n of gr e at
pr es er v e d t h e u nit y of t h e U nit e d St at es of A m eri c a a n d e n d e d sl a v er y. His ass assi n ati o n i n A pril 1 8 6 5 w as a n ati o n al tr a g e d y.
m or al m at urit y . H e
K E Y C O N C E P T
A p er s o n h as r e ac h e d m or al m at urit y D E B AT E K E Y C O N C E P T T HI N K A B O U T ... C H E C K Y O U R U N D E R S T A N DI N G
If a p er s o n d o es n ot f ully acc e pt t h eir r es p o nsi biliti es as a m e m b er of a c o m m u nity, t h ey c a n b e d escri b e d as m or all y i m m at ur e .
D E B AT E
C H E C K Y O U R U N D E R S T A N DI N G if t h ey
c a n acc e pt t h eir r es p o nsi biliti es as a m e m b er of a c o m m u nity.
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