The New York herald., 1865-04-20
6t. Paul's Ch urch.
REV. DR. M'CLiNToCK.


This church filed yesterday to over1owing Seats
brought in from the vestry and placed the ssIcs
Every available place occupied Among the notice
able persons present Commander Bchm Of the
navy, and samuel Downing, a resident Of Ednburg,
Saratoga county hundred and four years Of age and
Of the three four surviving soldiers Of the Revelation
He came TO New York 70 attend the jubilee that
to take place 70 day. After prayer and . read
ing Of several very appropriate selections Of Scrip
ture by the assistant pastor, Rev. Mr. Othernan,
Dr. McClintock took for hR text, Remember them
which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto
you words Of God; whose faith follow considering
the end of their conversation" Hebrews xiii, T. The
speaker 1t is the Lord HIS will be done. This
was all could ray The blow had stunned the nation
With all the strength which faith in God gives ue
this al could say We should know hereafter
what thai death means; know not now 'Remem-
bern says text and fellow There is little fear OF
our fcrgetiiDpthcre little fear the world forgetting
the Of Abraham Lincoln. There IL some truth In
the saying of German poet that preserve the
memory of their destroyes better than that o their beDe
factors One OF the very best signs ol the times that men
coming TO rsy greater homage 10 moral greatness
than heretofore The day dawning when the Of
humanity strong, yet tender, shall be esteemed by
the true heroes, az they reality. Such hero n
Abraham Lincoln Hs fame had not 10 wait for the re-
voving years 10 set right The stroke Of the
hsh before , this Whole pop .ade "f al pares
of all scce Of all classes would stood in half
century had The blow Of the Assassin never fallen The
fear st what Abraham Lincoln has done, wiz BE- filed
with still greater fear when they that this good and
generous man, whom they oomprcbended--
90 tender mcrcifu, forgiving, full Of
all peaceful thoughts that revenge could nnd no place
In hH heart-bas passed away from earth. But there
will be grief In the hearts Of all The liberals Of Europe
In every valley on the continent everywhere whore men
have homo, there love for Abraham Lncon in the
hearts OF all the In every slave hut 81 the South
In every shepherds hut cf Switzerland In every wood
cabin Of the Dark Forest every cottage In Italy
wherever men have learned during these five years "
think Of Abraham Lincoln thcy have looked upon him
chosen OF God for the redemption of the liberties
Of mankind II e but lately that Garbaldi named one Of
his grandchildren Lincoln, little dreaming how soon that
name would become Immortal All over the world
men will weep at the death of Abraham Lin
coin. And why2 Because Of the grandeur OF his
ntellectY No, no And yet the speaker had no symr
thy with much that was said about his intellect possibly
might in some degree be lost sight Of in the ineisble
subimity of that moral power which overshadowed all
but Of Intellectual power he had great deal The speak
remembered reading when be the remarks
Of Mr. Lincoln at Gettysburg They were he satd more
like the words OF Perces, more purely Greek in Their
structure than anything he knew that has fallen
from the lips Of an American man II was not for his
intellect that We loved him; yet how grand II was
10 see him, by that quick intuition which never
failed him, 90 right 10 the bottom OF q matter, and
put ~ f'lauf ih who, pndng themselves upon
theif MI ioi raoiori could only talk all around II