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President Donald Trump has been speaking truth about Confederate General Robert E Lee for some time.
General Robert E. Lee was a devout Christian whose faith profoundly shaped his character, decisions, and legacy. A lifelong Episcopalian, Lee came from a family with varying levels of religious commitment—his mother and wife leaned evangelical, while his father held more deistic views. Lee himself developed a deeper, more personal evangelical fervor in middle age, particularly after personal losses. He attended church regularly, read the Bible daily for guidance and strength, and began each day with prayer. His Christianity was practical and everyday, emphasizing duty, humility, and trust in God's providence rather than abstract theology.
Lee frequently described himself in humble, evangelical terms. When chaplains told him they prayed for him, he replied with tears in his eyes: “I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation, and need all of the prayers they can offer for me.” He echoed this sentiment often, declaring his “chief concern is to try to be a humble, earnest Christian.” Lee credited God for victories, accepted defeats as part of divine will, and urged his soldiers to humble themselves before the Lord, seek forgiveness through Christ, and rely on prayer. Even in defeat, his faith sustained him; he supported reconciliation and education after the war, viewing all events through the lens of God’s sovereign purposes.
Lee’s piety extended beyond private devotion. He issued orders to suspend non-essential duties on Sundays for worship, prayed publicly with troops amid battle, supported Bible distribution and revivals, and lived out Christian virtues of integrity, mercy, and service. Contemporaries and later observers praised him as a “Christian without hypocrisy.” His faith provided resilience through war, personal tragedy, and the challenges of Reconstruction, making him a model of humble, duty-bound Christianity for many admirers.
Trump posted the following several days ago on his Truth Social channel.
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❤️General Lee- here’s another story about his character: After Lee surrendered to Grant, he went back to VA…. On a Sunday soon thereafter, the main city Methodist church held their standard service. The church was, of course, segregated with the blacks seated apart from the whites. When the minister offered communion the routine was for the whites to come to the front rail first, followed by the blacks. On this Sunday, however, an older black man rushed up to he rail first and knelt to receive
communion. There was a hushed shocked silence for some time, and the minister seemed to be unsure of what to do. Then, an older white man got up and came to the rail, kneeled beside the black man, and the awkwardness was broken. Others, both white and black, followed. That white man was possibly the most respected person in the city, Robert E Lee.
Maybe if more people knew the truth about the South and its leaders and the multiple reasons for the War there would not have been the lies told about the Charlottesville riot and Pres. Trump's response. Fine people on both sides CAN come together and have a civil debate. It does not need to end up in a Civil War.