The record-union., 1898-02-13

Lincoln school and learn how gentle
ness helps make great soul.
Another grace from out this unique
4 and robustgiife should be written large
for the youth of our time-charity
Abraham Lincoln's heart was full of IT,
When the spirit of hate and passion
murdered him it murdered mercy. This
calm, patient. cftsn weary. but, e-e'
kindly man of the people: how he did
plead with his wayward countrymtn:
How gracious his speech. With what
brooding tenderness he watched over
his great trust. His tears We're bottled
His prayers were registered. Hear lis
| immortal words. as in his prophetic
vision he caught sight of the coming
glory. and saw the hates and passions
of men melting into friendships: The
mystic chords of memory that stretch
from every battlefield and every sol
dier's grave will yet vibrate to the mu-
| sic OF The Union when they are again
| touched, as they Will be, by the better
angels of our nature" If one would
build the meaning of his spirit into our
/ hearts ard lives, let US make room in
them for a larger and sweeter char
/ ity.
Lincoln made himself the master Of
untoward circumstances. His shining
example is the constant inspiration 10
young mer to go and do likewise.
/ Lincoln allied himself irrevocably 10
righteous but unpopular cause. To-
day Lincolns memory is hallowed by
| the entire nation. and slavery is dead.
Slavery is dead. but the devil isn't.
| He is very much alive in municipal
corruption, in the Infamous liquor traf-
/ nc, in the relation of labor and capi-
tai. No young man need sign for IN
opportunity. There are righteous
causes still that have not caught the
breath of popular applause. The he
roes of the future shall be the men
who to-day dare give themselves unai-
lterably to such a cause. reckless of con-
/ sequence. The deepest voice from Lin
coins tomb is his: Take sides. Coun-
sci yourselves. Stand for some right
eous thins. that will make you feel the
/ ice and iron of .Ae world. And bide
Gods tine. This is the highway of
the king.-Herrick Johnson, d. d.
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE AND IN
GOD.
| ADrdn3m LlncOlnS is one or the
few, the immortal, names that Were
not born to die"
| Some regulations melt away like
snow at the touch of time, other repu-
tations grow like trees planted by water
courses, fed and nourished with the
growing years. Lincoln's grows with
the growing years; he roots ever more
deeply in the soil of the national life
| spreads an ever widening and heal
ing shadow over rising generations, and
| increases the worlds faith in the rc-
public. Such life stores the life of
the past and scatters seed for the fu-
ture As Well as feeds the present
Among the many lessons for the pres
ent day we note three:
l. Lincoln believed in and was con-
trolled by principles. He was not a
! politician, but statesman. A careful
study of his campaign speeches, COM
| pared with those of his political Op-
ponents, shows the difference between
the man With a telescope and men with
microscopes. They studied drops of
water. he swept oceans; they dealt with
! the minute, he with the mighty; they
! magniled the footStool, he communed
With the throne.;u they tithed mint, anise
and cummin. he dealt with the weight
Ter matters of the law, righteousness
and judgment. The age stood for COM
promise, the man stood for principle.
:. Lincoln believed in his people n
monarchy, like door, may hinge On
/ great men and be .heldin place by the
| few, but republic must stand like a
pyramid on a broad base Politicians
prattle to the people of popular rights,
rbut trust to secret caucuses, hidden
wires, jugglery and manipulation. Lin
coin appealed directly to the people
stood four square to every wind that
blowed," dealt with the deep, underlying
human nature that, like the primitive
| rock. upholds and gives bed to sea ard
land. His thinking was an X-ray that
| laid bare the imbedded sophistriss of
politicians and the healthy life blood of
the average man. He believed in a "gcv-
ernment of the people, by the people,
and for the people, not government
of the people by the politicians, nor by
the saloons and gamblers, nor by mine
owners. syndicates and corporations.
God makes men and men make money.
He stood for Gods goods; for men and
not, for things.
~ ne sDtii0Ntu III IOQ.- his 1al1n IN
God held him steady to principles and
true to man. The force we call gravity
holds matter in place; the force we call
faith held Lincoln in place. He had lit
tie confidence and less use for ella borate
ritual and creeds, but he had profound
faith in God; he was much in prayer
His State papers frame his faith in God
AS the summer air is saturated with
sunlight his public, addresses. spoken
and written. are saturated with bright.
warm faith in the living God. The
nation shall, under Gcd, have new birth
| of freedom" Between his election in
1860 and his Inauguration he writes to
Judge Joseph Gillespie: Il have read on
my knees the story of Gethsemane,
where the Son of God prayed in vain
that the cup of bitterness might pass
from Him. l am in the garden of Geth-
semane now. and my cup of bitterness
!! is full" Men who write like that have
not only intellectual faith in but heart
| sympathy with the Son of God.
What constitutes State? Men. high
minded men.
Men who their duties knbw, but know their
| rights.
And. knowing, dare maintain.
God give US men.''--Rev. O. P. Gif-
| ford.
TIE GREAT COMMONER: DEPEN-
+. DENCE ON GOD.
| Mr.. Lincoln stands as the one unique
character in American history. He
comes like Gods early prophets. rising
| into the midst of events from an unex-
pected quarter, and being developed, ed
ucated and matured for special work.
/ iC ho- of ie, ha do ttox,