Glenn Beck recently sat down with John Hagee, whom Beck called “a prophet of our times,” to discuss the importance of prayer regarding the upcoming election, which both Beck and Hagee agreed was the most important election since the Civil War.

Not coincidentally, Hagee noted, it was Abraham Lincoln’s declaration of a national day of fasting and prayer that was responsible for bringing that war to an end:

We’d like to point out that Lincoln issued this declaration on March 30, 1863 and Lee did not have “the grace to surrender” for another two years, until April 9, 1865.