The Day Lincoln Was Shot tells the hour by hour account of the day President Lincoln was assassinated. Each chapter covers each hour in the 24 hour period, and detailing what happened with all the major players during that time during the course of that infamous day. You follow Lincoln, Booth, Grant, Seward and many others throughout there day.
It was a heartbreaking book, but it was quite thought provoking. The author points out many instances where the plot could have been stopped, and details many small, seemingly insignificant circumstances, that made the assassination possible. What came to my mind was the workings of God's providence.
Without a doubt, the book is painstaking researched and the author did a great job putting the pieces of the puzzle together. How difficult it must have been to piece together history? Yet what is even more amazing that God ordains all things to come to pass. Our minds marvel at the events of a past event, while God has planned all things and ordains all things to come to pass, for every person, place and thing, in all the universe, for all eternity!
I recently read a sermon by D. James Kennedy giving an account of Mr. Lincoln's salvation. Lincoln was not a Christian for most of his life, but, according to his research, Lincoln had repentant faith in Christ alone for salvation.
(Job 14:5) Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.
Douglas Newell IV
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