Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-04-28
Services On Wednesday the
10th.

people, most every one that could,and those
Of all political predictions repaired to
Rev. DR.. Tenny's church at meridian on
Wednesday of last week, ''to solemnize
the occasion" with suitab BILE religious
services &C.. &c. Flags at the stores and
on flag stats, and those in the harbor were
at half mast, and the bells were tolled.
The House was filled fun with those who
felt keenly the great loss of the nation in
the death of the President.
Rev. DR.. Tenny read appropriate selec-
tons from the scriptures, and then address
ed the waiting and mourning assembly as
follows:
We meet friends and fellow citizens at
this noontidc hour, to give spontaneous ex
preston to our grief in the hour of our
nations sorrow. We meet to mingle our
tears with the millions in all parts of our
beloved land who are overwhelmed in n
common bereavement. The nation has
been smitten in its head and in its heart,
and We do we'll to drape our streets and
houses in mourning. and with tolling bells
turn our feet revercntly to the house of
God. Had the Chief Magistrate Of the
nation fallen as so many of the brave and
noble have done, confronting our enemies
on the field Of battle-had he been laid
low by the wasting power Of disease-had
death sought him in the darkened chamber
while receiving the kind ministries of
those he best loved-our sorrow even then
had been great and our loss rwhelming,
but we could have bowed in silent sub
mission to Him whose way is in the sea
and his path in the deep waters.
What gives bitterness to our grief is the
manner Of his death and the instrument of
it.
President Lincoln has fallen in the Wig
or of his life, in the full maturity of his
powers, as his great heart was swelling
with joy and hope at the prospect of ma
tional life preserved and national right and
honor indicated. He is s. enly smittcIs
down by the hand Of an assassin. Trea-
son and murder have done their accurscd
work.
In an hour of relaxation, in a place de-
voted to recreation and gaiety, was enact
ed, not in form and semblancc merely, but
in terrible reality one of the sa,ldest TRACE
dies that ever thrilled or shocked the hui
man heart. But we dwell not now nor
here on the circumstances or the actors in
this base murder-we leave to-day the
plotters and tho agents in this foul treason
to the operation of that justice which is
sometimes slow but always sure. Our
hearts arc too broken and sad to think of
vengeance; we remember him who has
said, Vengeance is minc." We mourn
the mantle patriot-the statcsman-the
trusted and honored head Of the nation.
Abraham Lincoln was of the people. he
was the offspring of our free institutions,
and one of the finest illustrations of their
excellence. Born in obscnrity and nur,
tured in poverty. he early felt the inspira-
tons of hope, and set about the work Of
life with brave and manly heart He
did the work that first came to hand and
he did it well, and SO he went on step by
step until he reached the highest position
in the land, may we not say in the world
From first to last, he was simple hearted
as a child. His character was married by
no vice, was degraded by no meanncss.-.
He was man Of puritan simplicity of
manners but with nothing of puritan Sc
verify or moroscness. He was not man of
courtly speech or courtly ways. but he was
frank, honest. and faithful. He had pro-
found reverence for God and warm love
for his fellow men. AS statesman he
was cautious, wise and sagacious-not over
.anguine, still never losing his faith in
providence or in the people. How well
did events justify that faith. While the
wisest were pcrplexed. while friends and
enemies doubted and criticised, he was
calmly watching the pointing Of the divine
hand, which almost by a supernatural in
stinct he seemed to discern. Hc would
not at the solicitation or dictation of any
one forestall events, but when the time
was ripe. none was moro prompt or decided
than he.
That browning measure Of his admins
tration, by which he broke the letters from
millions of bondmen-how wisely it was
timed, just when policy. justice and hu-
mainly all combined to authorize it.
When the clouds that still linger to OBJ
scure our visions shall have cleared away
when history shall make its final record
of the man and Of his time. We doubt not
hut that the name Of Abraham Lincoln
will stand high on the list of the wise aud
the good and the great Even now the
bitterness and misconception of party
strife is giving way and all the loyal hearts
in the land are heavy with a common sor-
row.
With a work on his hands greater than
is often entrusted to mortals, he was with
out pretentiOn, he arrogated no merit to
himself. The Emperor Napoleon ambi-
tiously claimed to be known as the man of
destiny. President Lincoln desired to be
regarded only as the child and humble in
strument of Divine providence. HE has
finished the work given him to do" HE
is not, for God has taken him." too soon
for our hopes, too soon for our fears, but
not too soon for his fame. The past at
all events is secure, and the heavens are