The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-18
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u0ateQ 10 'front.' VI tuc Suutou, suu WVnss
pulpit end choir we're tastefully drsps
with like emblems Of the peoples grie1
The Church was crowded ae On early hou
with 40 audience whose subdued aud sol
emu air betokened that their hearts bea
10 sympathy with the occasion and IL
surroundings. The opening religious ser
vices were conducted By d.. Giilett, ~
sisted BY Rev. H. N. Wilbur. Th'
hymns were singulArly appropriate ans
the music by the choir was in exact har
mony with the devout and mournful feel
ings Of the assembly. -A@&
DR.. Gillett made most feeling and ap.
propria,e address, on the occasion; after
which he called upon J. y. Howell. And
as we can give the substance of bis re-
marks, and cannot fairly report the 9th.
ers, our readers must be content with that,
as furnishing ) slight Indication Of the
sentiment which prevailed in the proceed
ings.
After reading from the Chicago paper
an account Of the circumstances Of the ~.
s.ssiua,iou which had not been published
10 the city papers, Mr.. II. said that be
would be content to close his part in tie
propramme with the reading of that tx-
tract. but he had promised to make some
remarks on the occasion, and under tie
oppression of heart and confusion OF mind
which he had suffered ever eiuce the en-.
nouncemeut Of the dread calamity. would
eudeavor TO perform his duty. Eloqueree
is not needed tosin,easify the sense Of
bereavement or quicken the depths OF
grief which fill all hearts. The natitn
mourns national calamity, and our
stricken hearts tremble and struggle and
sink ader tue mighty hand Q. G1d, AID
seek no comfort We 6nl no parallel to
the g!oo nj aud darkness and despair, which
has seated ON cur spirits save in the re-
IN emSrance Of the heaviest apd bitteres'
personal bereavement, and We feel nov
uod.r this burden Of pubic misfortune
~ we sre too apt to feel 10 our privae
grisf, that i, is greater than We can bear.
and cannot be for our good. q 8 Is
But hero even in this dreadful emer-
ceucy, Ia this une xpectcd crisis, when
our Joy is SO suddenly turned into mourn
inc. when we are cast down from the
heights of eyulta,ion to the depths Of des-
pa;r. when-the evening Of our ,yeus gala
dsv closes 10 darkness and in blood
Even here, and for sach time, while the
pstiou's head aud the peoples hope, lies
husbsd aud still in the cerements OF
death, with CORY wounds inflicted BY
,r,;,o,ous asssss,n's hand, he has lef. Us
les,ou, e of wisdom, Of humble submission
and trdst. Ia that wonderful Inaugural
Address, delivered when entering upon
hi. second term, in which he has embia
xooed sTruss in God on our national
escutcheon for all time, and proclaimed II
to al people, Abraham Liucoln laid 10 !,
.hs .n;rit Of wisdom and Of devotion and
Il now seems almost Of prophecy:
.rondly do We hope, .ferventiy do we
-, ~. ~, m,d1t7 scourge Of war may
spesdiiy pass away; yet if God wills thsf
il continue until oil the wealth piled np
by the bondman's Two husdred and ftty
vsars of unrequited toll shall be sunk, and
until every drop of blood drawn With the
lash shall be paid by another drawn win
the sword, as Was said three thoussn %
Years ago, still it must be said that the
iudg rents Of the Lord are true ano
righteous altogether
"The Judgment Of. God true and right
eous altogether" has fallen upon us,4ter'
ribly, overwhelmingly, in the midst Of tb'
peans Of peaec aud Joy sung BY a triumph
.ut people. Shall We stand BY the trutl
declared three thousand years ago! Shal
We hold fast to the faith Of our departed
President in the ovsrruiiOg providssc
and righteousness Of God? Then let y
learn the lesson which this afaciing dia
pensation is calculated to teach. and hun
bly bow in reverential a~e and subsnis
sion 10 the mighty hand which suffers
to fall upon the nation.
Il was fur no private personal sins
= ori nes OF Abraham Linspln that the a
4 don has been stricken and bereaved of ]
|. Head. HIS private character was pure AZ
epo,less .sbovs that Of most men; he "
homes. to q p,orerb. kiDd-hearted, jus
= ssssroas and noble in bis intercourse vi
his fellow mes and humbiy and devotion
ally dependent on God. And m his pc
Huliife, the administration Of The inpo
atsst and onsrous duties devolved ~
him BY The people, his reverence for =
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