The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-13

were simple in the extreme 1t IS pa
thetic 70 read of the lad persuading an
itinerant preacher at a later day - go
TO his mothers grave TO conduct u
more becoming service.
In due time Lincoln became a fer
ryman, then stone helper. While
the family lived in Indiana Lincoln
laid the foundation for his education.
His reading was somewhat broad. ard
in it he was dominated by a spirit Of
REINFORCEMENT In 1880 the Lin
coins moved to Illinois. Here Lincoln
developed rapidly. He became a store
ing Times were hard and difficulties
great, but Lincoln was laudabIy am
bilious and possessed a supreme desire
TO better his condition.
Sought Personal Progress.
His history reveals fine intensity
Of purpose directed toward personal
progress. Soon we find him with po-
litical aspirations. His first political
speeches are amusing, but they did not
bring him success Later he did sue
coed, but as a legislator he did not
distinguish himself \ study of his
biography brings out the fact that he
Gid not achieve marked distinction at
the bar He was not a brilliant law
yer. His law partner has not given
any too great praise of his legal abil-
ity, although he said that for some
phases of a lawyers work he was pc
culiarly adapted He was not eIo-
quent. but he was lucid in statement
and severely logical in argument. He
was a dangerous man with whom to
tritie. he was seldom in the wrong
in a case. John Lord we'll says, He
was an honest lawyer if ever there
was one.
I'm stirring times Lincoln stepped
into the arena of public life. Tariffs
and internal policies lost their vitality
in the presence of larger questions.
The signs of the times portended the
coming storm. Passion was at white
heat. What was to be the outcome OF
dangerous compromise and bitter
strife? Certain things in national life
enraged the north and angered the
south. In all the tumult Lincoln
showed the fine fibre of a mind which
had convictions based upon principles
and not upon compromise In that
celebrated inaugural address of 81 he
revealed the fund of reserve force with
which Providence had endowed him.
Character Shines Forth.
1.-THE strength of his character shone
out here so that men began to inquire
about the anJecedents of the man from
the west In that address the man
grew upon the people. There was no
extrava gance. but firmneSs and respect
for law, for liberty and a love for the
whole people. The truth of the words
OF CnaSH came out mere tEal ne " etS
a man to be depended on a little
after a month after taking office the
great crisis OF civil war was on WHAT
courage. faith and confidence i'll men
and in God did Lincoln exhibit How
rare his wisdom in dealing with cab
met officers! His tact in the Trent
affair his messages to congress, his
support of the secretary of the treas
ury-aTl these exhibited Lincoln as the
man of affairs, the practical states
man, the great American commOneT
second to none in political wisdom and
in genius for government. The words
of his second inaugural are enshrinea
i'm the memory OF the nation.
LAS a man ne was ungainly ana
awkward. perhaps, but beneath nu-
man breast there never beat truer.
tenderer heart. He has been called
the human hearted Lincoln He car
ried great burdens. His brain WAS
taxed and his heart ached. but IN II
all he exhibited wonderful patience and
sublime courage. He had a lofty ideal
and no man was more conSecrated %
such a lofty work
His Place In History.
Where shall we place him in his
tory? Perhaps we are too near the
scene of the stirring incidents Of his
life to correctly answer that question.
without comparative placing Of our
subject on the historic page we can
truthfuny say that in the brief period
allotted 10 him few accomplished as
much. Few could have done the work
he did. Many would have failed. It
is not too much to say that he was
raised up by Providence to stand on
the critical stage during the enactment
of one of the great dramas OF history.
God sometimes calls men 10 stand in
gaps to become bridges for progress.
Lincoln was such an one in the devel-
opment of this nation. AS long as the
world stands men viii honor his name.
His work viii be lauded. His memory
win be veneFated, and his praises suns,
And not until the stars have been blot
ted out from the peerless emblem II
the nation VIII the American people
cease to pay tribute to Abraham Lin
coin. the towering figure of the nine-
'~teenth century
VIEWED AS A HERO.