The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-27

Payer ardent opens heaven. lets down a stream
Of man. in audience sith the Deity ~
The following incident, however, sets forth
Mr.. Llncoln's views upon the question of
vital goodness, IN the very strongest light
Several months before his ver-to-be-lamented
death, a gentleman called upon him on buSi-
ness. After the business was closed and
they were about TO part, the gentleman said
10 the President, " On leaving nome a friend
requested me to ask Mr.. Lincoln whether he
loved Jesus" The gentleman makes the
following report The President buried
his face In his handkerchief, turned away
and wept.' He then turned and said, When
| left home to take the chair of state | re-
quested my countrymen to pray for me. |
was not then a Christian. When nv son
died--the severest trial of my life-I was
not a Christian. But when [ went to Get
tysburgh, and looked upon the graves of our
dead heroes VINO had fallen in defense of
their country, 1 then and there consecrated
myself TO Christ. / do lore Jesus" This
simple and touching confession needs no
1t opens TO the world the heart
and religious experience of the good man.
The people felt that he was honest in all his
dealings with them. and so he was equally
honest with himself and GOD. These few
simple utterances, yelling up from the depths
OF his heart, and accompanied with tears,
will ever be cherished by Christians of every
name and sect as the most precious sayings
OF his life. They touch the tenderest chord
IN the Christians heart. Christians of every
name will ever regard him as a brother be.
loved, but departed, and when thinking of
him as departed the language of the Burial
Service will not be inappropriate " 1t hath
pleased Almighty God, in His wise Provi-
dence to take out of this world the soul of
our deceased Brotherw
Think not, my hearers, that | have brought
forward these facts and incidents in the life
OF our lamented President, because [ think il
an argument in the style of special
pleading to prove his adherence to the prin-
ciples of Christianity and the doctrines of
the New Testament. No, his Christian, as
we'll as his public and political character. is
known and read of all men. With him
there was no reserve or concealment. His
was perfectly transparent. His
as well as his virtues We're equally APP
parent,
And e'eu his failngs lean'd to virtues side.'
He went to the theatre on that fatal night,
he telegraph informs us, because he wished
o please his friends and not disappoint the
who were expecting the presence of
Zen. Grant.
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say TO all the world, This lrds a man"
In turning our thoughts from a contem pla-
ion of his character to our bleeding coun-
ry, the question forces itself upon every
loughtful mind, what will be the effect of
Ibraham Lincoln's assassination upon the
Iation 2 Our latest dates afford us, as yet,
o facts by which we can satisfactorily an :
this question. Time must determine. I
'ur minds must for the present find c~onsola- I
on in dwelling upon the great truth that c
cd lives and reigns, and that He is able and l
will make the wrath of man to praise Him." t
Re may also recall to mind some of those Il
lges of history wherein somewhat similar :
rents are recorded. When Brutus and his
low-assassins smote down Cesar in the
enate at Rome, they supposed that with =
asar's death Caesars influence would no
niger be felt. They were disappointed.
esar disappeared. but, exclaims Cicero, v "
the acts of Caesars life, his writings, IL
s words, his promises, his thoughts, are
ore powerful after his death than if he =
ere still alive" So | trust, and doubt not,
will be with the life, writings, words, prom
e, thoughts of Abraham Lincoln. His 4
ood has stamped an impress upon these -
lich will UNNECESSARILY increase their value J
roughout all coming time. B
When the hired assassin, BalthaZar Ge- :.
brought to an untimely end the event :,
life of William the Silent, Prince of Or 1
&c, on the lOth of July, 1854, Philip H., M
the enemies of civil and religious lib
y, imagined that with the death of the tn
ince of Orange would end his usefulness. CO
1t O., how disappointed We're these men gr
the beautiful language of Motley, The 20
ince was entombed amid the tears of a :
lole nation. Never was a more extensive, Sn
and legitimate sorrow felt at the -;
nth of any human being. AS long as he ex
ed he was the guiding star of a whole to,
We nation, and when he died the little =
ldren cried in the Streets" The Com
nwealth which William had liberated
ever from Spanish tyranny continued to r
st as a great and fourishing Republic l.
ing more than two centuries, under the
cessive stadtholderates of his sons and
pendants. So | doubt not a similar re- W
t will follow the assassination of the il ~
trIous man whose most unexpected death III
now lament. He died the martyr to Lib VI
He was assassinated by the hand of
but it was negro-chattle slavery
nerved that arm and prompted that Il
OF crimes in the annals of nations.
is was the browning act of the slavehold- II
rebellion. Sumter was fired upon on the N
h of April, 1861, Booth shot President X
coin on the 18th of April, 1865. The
e bad animus that first struck down the
IN 81 fired the ASA ssin's bosom when
smote down the President, Commander
;hief of all the military and naval forces
he Republic. No powers Of metaphysical
lysis can separate the two. Perhaps it
needed that this crime of crimes should