The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-02-13

this to say of Mrs. Lincoln: "The
wife of Abraham Lincoln was an
intensely ambitious woman and no
doubt his greatest incentive to
effort. [ doubt if with a less
aspiring woman he would ever
have climbed into enough promi-
hence to be considered president.
He might have been happier if he
had married his first lover, whom
he never ceased to mourn; but the
world would have never heard of
him, and some one else would have
piloted the nation through our
civil WARMTH or without sue
cess"
When the news of his nominal
ton was told him he seemed
bewildered. He shook hands with
several of his friends in silence and
said: ''Well, l guess I'll 90 and
tell my wife. She's probably as
much interested in this as any
one." Many men of less brains
and sense would not have thought
of wives till they had celebrated
the occasion with ''the boys" but
if the example of many noble men
were thought more of it would be
noticed that wife and mother
always had first place, and only
the men who spurn the love and
devotion of their best earthly
friends set the example to carouse.
When the responsibility of the
chief ruler of sour land'' was
placed upon him he chose this for
his motto: Coast thy burden upon
the Lord" When it was feared
that Lee would conquer, Lincoln
went to his private room and Mr..
Littlefeld quotes his words: II
said, Now God, this is your nation
your war. We can't stand another
defeat tit will ruin US. If it is
right that we win the victory, I
pray you that you give it to US.
And | came out of my room with
a peace I had never felt before.
[ was confident that Meade had
God on his side and would con-
quer."
Reader, are not these words an
encouragement to you? Cannot
each of you make his prayer your
prayer: ''Now, God, this is your
nation-your war" And then in
every way possible make the nation
what God would have it. The
women in crusade days believed
with Lincoln that the nation was
the Lords and cast their burden on
God. We often cry out "How
long, 0 Lord!" will the men of this
nation be blind to their duty to
thee, and hold back the work thou
hast given them to do?
Mrs. Mckinley was one of the
original crusaders, and when she
stood beside her husband during
the reception given the national
w: G. T. U. Dec. 4, 1900, at the
White House, and saw sixteen
hundred women banded together
to help free the nation from the
slavery of drink, she too had the
message from God that He had
heard and did answer prayer.
= Lincoln's example is worthy of
your consideration. His first
thought. when he realized his re-
sponsibility, was to lay the burden
on God. Then he used his bible,
made close study of it, and be-
came firm believer in prayer, so
much so that he took the battle of
the Merrimac VS.. Monitor to God,
and while all around him were con-
cerned about the results of the
battle, he was calm and said: 81
have prayed over it, and God has
told me that the Monitor will
VIM"
When Gods children can saw I
have prayed over the ship Intern.
perance, and he has told me that
he has prepared another ship that
shall win, whether that ship be
made to move under the surface of
the great sea of public opinion or
on the surface) l know victory is
ours. Then, and not till then, will
the world see Gods hand in the
fight.
A patriot is one who loves his
And he loves his coun-
try best who dares to 90 forth and
do that which is best for his coun
try's good, regardless of criticism
or personal safety. Such man
was Lincoln. Sixty years ago he
gave utterance to these words:
''Whether or not the world would
be vastly benefited by a total and
final Punishment from it of all in
toxicating drinks, seems to me no
longer an open question. Three
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