Modern language of America?
Answer:
Lincoln's message in his Gettysburg Address was that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech, but rather by continuing to fight for the ideas they gave their lives for.
Explanation:
The first sentence is that begins with his conscience was clear... and ends with he left all his cares to heaven. That is a common suggestion when one prays, that is, leaving all our cares to heaven. Somewhere the Bible says that we should put our problems in God's hands.
The second sentence confirms the one above. The second sentence begins "in the morning, after he had said his prayers ... "