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REMEMBERING GEN. ROBERT E. LEE (Born Jan 19, 1807) “If I ever came in contact with a sincere devout Christian – one who, seeing himself to be a sinner, trusted alone in the merits of Christ, who humbly tried to walk the path of duty, “looking unto Jesus” as the author and finisher of his faith, and whose piety constantly exhibited itself in his daily life that man was Robert E. Lee.” (Lee's Chaplain at Washington College) In 1874, before the Southern Historical Society, Georgia Senator, Benjamin Harvey Hill, made the following remarks about Lee: "When the future historian shall come to survey the character of Lee, he will find it rising like a huge mountain above the undulating plain of humanity, and he must lift his eyes high toward heaven to catch its summit. He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition, a Frederick without his tyranny, a Napoleon without his selfishness, and a Washington without his reward." “My chief concern is to try to be an humble, sincere Christian.” Robert E. Lee