Is God referred to in one of the most famous American speeches about equality, freedom and liberty?

The Gettysburg Address - "... these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new bith of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

One of the greatest and best known speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address was written by Abraham Lincoln and delivered to the public on November 19, 1863. The speech was given in Gettysbug, Pennsylvania during the dedication of a memorial cemetery. Inspired by the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln pronounced the importance of human equality, freedom, democracy and a government of, by and for the people. The speech was a tribute to the soldiers who died during the American Civil War in the pursuit of freedom, equality and liberty.

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

If one of the best known speeches in history, by President Abraham Lincoln speaks to a nation under God don't you think it might be important to make God an important part of your life?