New-York tribune., 1881-08-30
RESURRECTION

Once more there is hope. N the President
could live through Sunday, without losing
ground" said one of his surgeons when he was
at the worst, Il believe he would recover, and
=" that rapidly But | do not see how he can
. live that long, unless great change takes
"place, for which we see no good reason TO
"hope.' The great change came, nevertheless.
and the President did live through the dreaded
day, with slow but steady Improvement of con-
ditlon. If there was ON Saturday inoruiDg one
chance III thousand of recovery, there are
many chances in thousand now, though the
terrible exhaustion of the patient, and the
complication of his disorders, forbid Us TO
hope without fear and troubling. But the God
OF this Nation has heard prayers from every
Christian firesde and altar in the land, and
from many hearts unused to prayer. Never
before, probably, have so many of the people
joined in such earnest and heartfelt petitions
for any mercy. He doeth all things well, and if
to His wisdom it appears that greater good can
be done by the life than by the death of the
President, we may be sure that His arm is not
shortened that it cannot save. To many il will
seem little less than IA miracle that man
should rise from such extreme exhaustion. His
surgeons, said by many to be unreasonable
hopeful, gave up hope for the first time last
week. Some of his most faithful friends who
have stood about him like a solid wall for
many weary weeks, lost heart for the first time
when they saw his mind clouded, and his royal
VIII losing its grasp. One brave and loving
woman, the wife whose tenderness and forti
tude have made her dear to the whole world,
never lost hope, but TO everybody else it seemed
that little less than miracle could save the
President.
a no orr
1t fit that we, whose daily lives are crowded
with events which would have been miracles to
our fathers, should presume to say where are
the limits of curative powerf Who can tell
how powerfully the mind controls in bodily all
ments Truly, as we read the story of that
terrible Saturday, it seems as if the President
had seen in the faces Of anxious surgeons and
loving attendants that one after another they
had lost hope, and had been inspired to resolve
that he would take the matter into his own
hands, with Gods help. When hope was dead
he reused, and demanded food. Others
doubted il he could prolong the struggle. He
asked once 1T it was worth while, but saw the
path of duty, and determined to do his best
Who can tell what slight causes, brave word
loving look, tender touch, a noble thought.
nerved the sinking man to new effortq Who
eau tell what slight change of treatment some
attendant was prompted to make, which turn ed
the trembling scale7 There is infinite power
around us all. The President will live, if it
appears to the Infinite Father that his life will
make this better Nation.
No other man has ever been so anxiously
watched, by the whole civilized world, while
lying face to face with death. His life and
heroism go to the hearts of men in every land
The grand Christian fort;tpaa ~ ty,o +.,,o -,
himself, and the lofty devotion of his wife and
others about him, create a new STANDARD Of
manhood and womanhood for all the civilized