New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-20
pr. Oszooa,s Cinrch Uuiiarinn.l

The Church of the Messiah was richly draped
with black cloth relieved with white and in the cham
Keel was placed betniiidl marine m,moi ~, 81 ,he
sdcni surmounted by cross. and backed by large
screen Of heavy ORA .ry. This screen was bgne with
wreaths of white magnol'as, aud bank OF red nzaeas
tod ia front the marble Baskets OF yhne How rS
wcr. nlnced on pede-ns On either side. The iusclip
ttiors ON tie marble was this: In Peace Abraham
i Lincoln Friend Of Man, servant OF God The Nation
5Lis MourIer The Country his Monument.
4 Dr. osoooD gave an address oil rome iength ,hi"T
Abraham Iiuco career the man. his work. and his
rinfuence he began b. calling upon the people 20
listen AZ mourners at their fathers tomb and give their
&h,,rts i'm all simplicity to the subject the greatness
fnnd the grief VI the nation called The whole country
eneope history and destiny shond rise up before thcl
suow and give paihos ana Inspiration 10 .ne noui.
J. lie considered first the man rs representing the
common American or, alike In his p vote and his pub
lie life aud Illustrated bis broad popular symplhies by
sketch of his personal history and his official ca ee-
He traced his union of mdue,s. pethos. and hUmor to
the mnglng of such diverse elements IA has ancestry az
! philadelphia Quakersm, border warfare aud back a
w,od', adventure He traced the distinction between.
simplicity and ,ulgary aud claimed for him the real
5nobeness that prefers public TO private eads bears
trials with patience and successes Nth humity never.
boa ted Of his J,uuph'. and was as simple and unt
assuming In the seat Of sGpreme power ~ IN his log
cabin OF Hat boat. lie said that snoDg the crowned
ahead. of ChIistcndom he could have keep nfs manly
'dlQgiv aud we nee not be ashamed OF Republican,
president IN comparison with any Of those poeniates
His public life carried ont his characteristic idea and
iymdcated the common lot of the people against re-
sbeus ogarchy- the union and liberty oi tho Nalops
5of Divine Providence in interpreting the word Of God.
,in our age and hh given us neH vision oil the SIN OF
calling ANYTHING common unccan that God hstl-
scleansed such as Peter from the opened heavens
jHe was the father Of country il lis new age OF iny
triumph over sectional nsurpaton
Ill. Dr. O-GooD then considered his work. which he,
affirmed To be tho service of the common lot by his
lplain good aud practical purpose. He tborehti
him marvel of common sense. keen. sagsclous, abel
Ito see and the point IN political question:
with rare discrimination His method was practical
land experimental, not ideal nor scholarly. and he1
studied every subject in the school Of observation and
Twas willing 10 20 far circumstances and the Facts
land laws OF the allowed He dealt with Slavery
thus sagaciously, and carried the nation with him.
against IT, but making the life OF the nation tue hrst
lend Of his administration aud destroying sa'ef as II,
deadly enemy. His sagacity in choosing "encias ana
his Cabinet was illustrated and high Compliment Was
|paid TO Mr. seward, his partner IN tue aseissihs
assaults and the accomplished statesman VINO nud soS
brought mastery gifts aud training TO the service OF
the Presidents native sagacli! ana pam schoolng
his will 10th patient and courageous he'd carried its
tbe life OF the nation aud oyerthrown thot
Eebelop. In death he had dealt the slave power its
final blow aud made II as infamous as was peryersek
and wretched Ihsassassin was probably the tool OF
the m adness OF he routed Rebellion. and the wretched
melodramatic desperate was possessed by thea
Idevl of secession rather than the master devH
Lon IL himself. Hs was the weik crust of
tke earth that opened over the volcano rather
murdered by the Rebellion. vet he lives never he
fore the eJel chief alive. yet dead TO honor, the
nrclitcct OF ruin, lord OF isIue the Mch traitor and
political Satan ~ whom toe grave M sli give welcome
u elter nom tie cures Of his victims Mr. Lin
coins success IN mastering aud conbin az the hsior
cd aud nl powers OF the Nation was Illustrated, and
the position WAS taken that God used h.' .er ~? ldei.