Abraham Lincoln’s Attitude On Restoring the South
God does not hold our old sins against us, nor does He act like forgiveness is a favor to us, even though it is. When President Lincoln was asked how he would treat the rebellious southerners when they were defeated, he said, “I will treat them as if they had never been away.
From a sermon by David Rumley, Redefining Lost, 10/28/2009