A witness to the White House during the days of the Civil War said “I had been spending three weeks in the white House with Mr. Lincoln as his guest. One night, and it was after the battle of Bull Run , I was restless and could not sleep. It was coming near to the dawn of the day, when I heard the low tones proceeding from a private room, where the President slept.
The door was partly open. Instinctively I walked in and there I saw a sight which I shall never forget. It was the President kneeling before an open Bible. The light was turned low in the room. His back was toward me. I shall never forget his tones so piteous and so sorrowful. “O thou God, that heard Solomon in the night when he prayed and cried for wisdom, hear me. I cannot lead this people. I cannot guide the affairs of this nation without Thy help. I am poor and weak and sinful. O God, Thou didst hear Solomon when he cried for wisdom, ---hear me and save this nation.”
God heard, and he answered him then and there.
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