The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14
MORE LINCOLN TRIBUTES
HIS BIRTHDAY OBSERVED AT REV.
MIR. HARES CHURCH.
Members of Patriotic Orders in At
tendance--StereOptic Views at
Plymouth I'm the Evening.

Lincoln memorial exercises were held yes
terday afternoon at the College-avenue Bap-
fist Church. Members of Ruckle, Thomas,
Chapman and Anderson Posts. G.. A. r.,
and of John f. Ruckle and Ben Harrison
Camps, Sons of Veterans, attended The
services consisted of appropriate music and
songs and an address by Rev. c. o. Hare,
pastor of the church The pulpit was
draped with American flags and on either
side of the speakers table We're several
army muskets stacked" in camp fashion.
The address of Mr.. Hare was in the ma
ture of a sermon. He took text from the
verses of the thirty-fourth chapter or Deut-
eronomy, where the Lord tells Moses that
He will give the promised land to his de
scendants, but that he shall not enter into
it, although he has seen it from afar. Inc
speaker compared Abraham Lincoln to
Moses. He led the people of the United
States through the trials of a great storm
and a rebellion, freed the negro slaves and
brought about a reign of peace which he
himself was not permitted to enjoy. Said
Mr.. Hare:
God rules among men to-day as truly as
He did in the day of Moses. His purposes
are being gradually wrought out. Evolution
is manifest in the history of the world and
and rebellion. There come great epochs
when in day events which have required
ages to bring to a crisis are enacted; and
these crises are always met by some man
of marked greatness. God is working out
His purposes through men, and He always
has the man ready for the emergency.
Sometimes events seem to wait for the man,
but they only seen to wait. They are mere
ly marshaling their forces, and when the
crucial hour Strikes the man steps upon the
stage ready to play his part
Mr. Hare said that no one VINO DelleVed
in an overruling Providence could fail
to see the hand of God III the NE OF LIN
coin. He compared him with David IN the
respect that he was the least expected W
become the great man and leader he was.
He compared him with Abraham IN that ne
was the defender of his country. Aprahall
was moreover, the father OF a nation, put
Abraham Lincoln was the father or re-
stored nation and the giver or peace aud
brotherhood that made the moqel hauoh
of the world The modern Abraham came
upon the stage when a nation was almost
rent asunder by civil dispute ana internal
diSSensionS. He left 1T with q united peo-
pie. He left the people in the beginning or
on earth-a government that was the now
er and fruitage OF all the governments oA
the world.
HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY.
Mr.. Hare held that Abraham Lincoln's po-
sition on the slavery question was second
ary to his desire to save the Union. He
said it was not surprising that people of
that day looked upon slavery as right.
Their environment and teaching should be
considered in connection with their feel
ines Lincoln was therefore, far ahead of
some of his people. He saw that human
slavery was am incubus on the tree of lib
erty and when he saw that it must come
off TO save the tree he gave the word that
struck the shackles from 4uV,UUo slaves
But the opinions of the slaveholders them-
selves have undergone q cnanSe, thouShI
Mr.. Hare, and they would De among Inc
first to take up arms in defense OF the pfin-
eiples 5ney oppoJe erned in the lesson of iib
erty and are better for 1t. As the earth
needs a storm and rain 10 purlty II, so tne
Nation needed the shedding OF pIooq 70 WIPE
out the miaSmi of slavery. When the storm
broke upon the Nation the man was on
hand to take the helm and guide the snip
of state into the harbor of peace. Though
he did not know it, his life work began
with the battle to free the slaves ana IL
ended there. His own blood 9lu more TO
cement the ties Of brotherhood between the
North and South than all the bloodshed on
The speaker contrasted the feelings of the
neonle In the short period following the sur
render of Lee and up to the time of the
ASA ssination of Lincoln, and then follow
ing the report that the President had been
murdered He portrayed the great love the
people had for Lincoln and the keenness
with which the Nation felt It's loss He
said. .Iincolns death unnerved the strong
est mind touched the heart of the whole
Nation with indescribable sadness and pity.
God had wondrously oVerruled 1t for the
good of the Nation and the Nations hero.
He was the most honored of rulers and he
must have his triumph, but how different
his from the triumpnal mafch OF most con-
uuered and vet how much more fitting. His
was the triumphal march from Washington
TO Springfield-the funeral march to the
tomb. The shout of joy was changed 10 a
sigh Of sadness, and million hearts fol-