New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-25
MarIet.st. Reformed Dutch Church, hev
j. e.. Butcher.

In his church on Sunday there was very
Impressive discourse delivered commemorative OF the
death Of car President by the Pastor, the Rev. D. u
Butcher lie took for his text Cd Samuel xxx "And
the King said unto his servants know We not that there
: p,ince and a great man fallen this day IN lsiaci
The ostory Of our race out conirnS the m
the Bible. that II is appointed unto man once 10 uc'
The ord is but unwalled buying ground, and the
different generations who are sleeping, aud the throng
Ting multltules who shall one daY DO their compallos
bnt render more positively certain this solemn truth
What telling evidences we have of mans mortality I
What is more common than the funeral procession
What sound ore frequent than the solemn
tones of the funeral belli Look upon clther
vonr right hand or Jour LETT and bow many open graves
Won see And who compute the NUMBER over Wose
lresng place mound hes ever been raised or eDet
rrer inscribed MAN is mortal, though he Is slow to
believe liz he fades like leaf, and is cut down Ike
flower Of the field = "he passes away anu s heard u
10 more" Green viii be our late Presidents grave
and fragrant will be his menoryi ms monument more
,endurng than marble. vii! tower IN the hearts Oh the
American PEOPLE till this great nation has run its race
ard lis record is sealed for eternity Mhhy man!
fora has fallen, many noble teart mas ceased 10 poa
during the past four years Ia thls eouNI! a.
Tonight they are sleeping In the grave emo
whore our genial gentle, noble ana i9tFlouc
President rests there hnrioI VIII hold IN AeT
bosom tie ashes Of whose love for her was stronger
tnan death ard who gave his valuable life that sAe
might live. The services which he lad rendered MS
county were noble. he was a stall upon when we
eaned tho ohieften 10 which We looked to carry Us
can n character born her sOhe never LETT " whie
lie lived and soundly he viii rest IN the bosom OF te
country be loved so well ana where above All other
spots on earth he would prefer 10 sleep I'll the trumpet
4 the arch angel viii break the sumbers OF TIE dea.
Every throbbg Of his pulse, every desire Of hs heal
levory inclination Of his hind every act Of bis HE
was American This influenced and nodded tie caor-
acter Of the MIN and maize him Just what be was wei
believe but few had the harihood to question MS
sncleness Of honesty and purpose This ho9e taib
which IN the tone DAYS Of his childhood he laid az the
foundation of his character, hfterward he cultivated
and fosteed ard through ell the long years be was
'tong upward he carried as sacred thing next 10 ls
heart And when elected to the highest seat wiicn
could De given him by the people instead as some "ou
do Of throwing II asde he clung 10 1t tenaelousy ana
preserved II IN all the freshness and vsor o bis yutA
n DAYS and he was always true 10 himself true TO lis
coautry and 10 the interests which were eohhdei 70
keeping. Mr. Lincoln was genial IN dispositions ne
had even more than ost men this necessary etEieht
lin tie popular American character. lie was ore
of the people and with them by his own INDUSTRY
AMI aided by his own ndomiable viii he neve lost III
the 0iincss OF station tins simplicity and oneness 81
feeling He was the same warm. hearted aud approach
Die man in the Presidential mansion az Washington us
in his own private residence at Springfield