Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-02-19
ABOUT
ABE LINCOLN
DR.. custer Delivers Ser.
mon on Americas
Greatest Man.

The service in the NJ. f. church last
/ night in relation to Abraham Lincoln
was interesting and the closest atten- |
ton was given to the speaker. The
choir sang America" and 1.-The Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" and the or
chestra rendered very fine and appro-
pirate selection.
Rev. D. Euster the pastor, said in
part:
I'VE cannot really judge Of a great
man until half a century after he has
passed from earth. 1t may be accepted
as general truth that the larger the
number of enemies one has the greater
the man. We cannot judge a really
great man excepting in the light of the
times and conditions in which he has
lived. A really great man sees the
funny side Of things, and Is without
personal feeling about anything that
has to do with himself.
His Early Readings.
Lincoln was honest, brave and high
minded in every sense Of these terms.
He came UP from direst poverty. hav-
ing to read the Bible, the Life Of
Washington and Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress without the aid of a candle.
which his parents wer eunable to buy,
and it is doubtful if any three books
ever made a deeper impression upon
anyone than these did upon that poor
boy.
He fought his way step by step to
the heights he attained at last and his
own perseverance. indomitable will,
and wise direction won for him the
place he shall ever occupy as one of the
best among the great and one of the
greatest among the good. Like the
great Napoleon he could do things
which he knew to be right when both
his friends and his enemies saw them
otherwise, and unlike Napoleon he was
not selfish nor proud.
Mover swerved From Duty.
Lincoln never swerved from duty.
He appointed certain individual once
to an important place and half of his
cabinet demonstrated against it say
ing: That man has been calling you
: a hypocrite and a fool and now you
! appoint him to a position of such great
responsibility to which Lincoln re-
piled: That he has villified me means
: nothing to me; his saying that am a
. hypocrite and a fool does not make it
: SO. and l shall be the last man to de-
prive this nation of a man who can do
, perfectly the work 1 want him to do in
that position. because of any personal
( matter like this.
: IF politics and church life could
measure up to this very thing today
: what a changed condition we would
have both in church and in state.
Look through the eyes of his enemies
and you will think that Lincoln was the
!, most abject hypocrite dishonest and
, insane man that ever lived, If you take
: the assertions Of his enemies made
, during his times, especially the editors
!, of opposing journals. Look through the
3 eyes of his friends Of that time and you
e VIII say that he is the bravest, truest
p ana grandest man that ever lived.
o Small Minds Unfit to Judge.
. "A small mind cannot understand a
. large one A big man cannot be COM
a pretended by a small one. This is true
everywhere. To the small mind the
DIG man Is insane, dishonest or a
knave. The big mind is out of order to
. the small one and 1t exists in another
: order. they are both Of different orders.
" This is why there has been so much
difference Of opinion about Abraham
Lincoln. He prayed In the name of
Christ as the best name he could find
with which to approach the God of ma
tions and the arbiter Of battles.
He was brave enough to say once
when large delegation of leading
: Methodists called upon him: 1t is no
" dtsparagement to other churches that
Methodism has sent more soldiers into
the field and more nurses to the hos
pitfalls than any other church. God
bless the Methodist church; God bless
all the churches
Now. small man would have hesi-
tated to do that before an entire ma
ton. knowing that every small editor.
!. religious and otherwise. would take the
matter up. But he was brave and he
was large. He was too big for little
things. His was q brave and a great
heart He had sorrow. His first love
died before the happy hearts saw the
bright anticipations ahead of them.
His beloved boy passed away when the
morning seemed fair. He was sad at
times. but o. how sympathetic his ma.
ture. As the years pass by and the
shadow Of prejudice and OF narrowness
fade from memory the name Of Abra-
q ham Lincoln will shine brighter and