Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God."

"to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

"to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offenses and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action."

"Public safety requires strict enforcement of this article."