(On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth) <br /> <br /> <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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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.<br /><br />James Weldon Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/father-father-abraham/
