Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-18
LINCOLN is
EULOCIzED BY
CLERGY MAN.
Pastor Of Simpson N. {. Church
Says He Was the Typical
American.
A MODEL FOR AMERICAN YOUTH
Several Other Highly Interesting
Sermons We're Delivered From
Local PuIpits Last Night.

Rev. Winfield c. Snodgrass, d. D.,
delivered a highly interesting SER
mon In Simpson NJ. E. Church last
night, taking for his subject, "Abra
ham Lincoln, the Typical American.
1t was a mastery effort and large
congregation. was present.
"In our Lords Gospel by Saini
John, fifth chapter, thirty-fifth verse
you may read these words: He was
burning and shining light - said
DR.. Snodgrass, in his text. 81 have
chosen this evening to speak of Abra-
ham Lincoln as the typical American.
The word type is sometimes used to
indicate a representative of class,
common average of the great num-
Der TO which that unit belongs. Some.
times 1t Is employed to signify a
model, after which the others may
well pattern themselves and toward
which they should aspire. 1t Is In
the latter sense that Abraham Lin
coin was a typical American, may.
the typical American.
Great men, like great mountains,
need distance to be seen and judged
truly. Not until judgment has de-
throned passion, and reason has dis
armed prejudice, are men In frame
of mind to deal justly with the lead
lers of any age From the summit of
distant years, some men who have
loomed large in their day are seen
to be mere foothills, while far above
them, an unrivaled mountain peak,
stands the one man of that age whose
name is the chief waymark OF his
tory.
He who was born in humble
Kentucky neighborhood ninety eight
years ago last Tuesday, and who had
growing power among the men about
him until, in 1865, he died, lamented
of the world, needed distance for a
proper view. In the near vision many
criticised him; not few despised
him, but after forty years he should
ers his way into the sky like a great
mountain range and we cannot look
backward over the horizon of our
country's history without seeing his
Istupendous form. Looking backward
over the history of sur country, there
Is but one name that can challenge
this place with his, and that Is the
justly honored name of the Father
of his country / have no words OF
disparagement for him. 1t were prob
ably an unwise and thankless task to
attempt to divide honors between
these two men when the laurels OF
the world gather about the brows of
no other men in American history.
Lincoln's Sterling Energy.
Abraham Lincoln was poor and
humble; he found it necessary to
struggle, and whatever he achieved
he achieved as the result of that ster-
ling energy which Is the special
characteristic of deserving American
youth. Washington is not to be CIV
en- an inferior place, but Lincoln, TO
the average boy in this land, is the
typical American. He was man OF
prodigious industry. Education and
self-sdpport with him went together.
There was nobody to meet his expen-
ses and to provide him with the plain
est living while he mastered the
rudiments of an education. He must
needs toll, and ut the same time
study. He read law while he was
serving in the legislature of Illinois;
| he studied mathematics and Latin
while he was practicing law; he en-
ployed the spare moments of time In
enriching his mind by reading a few
of the worlds best books; and the re-
suit of it was that he was really an
educated man. Easy in society he
never was. Acquainted with all the
canons of literary criticism he GER
tainly was not. Familiar with all the
literature of the past, nobody could
say that he was. But he was man
whose mind was trained to vigorous
accurate and successful thinking;
one of the most industrious and re-
sourceful men that our country has
ever produced.
HE was a man of profound con
victions. Life to him abounded In
obligations. Everything was touch
ed by a moral principle. Concluding
his speech at independence Hall on
his way to the Inauguration, he said
L have said nothing but what | am
willing to live by, and, in the pleas.
ure of the Almighty God, die by.
Speaking of an eminent statesman
he once said: When question con
fronts him, he always and naturally
argues 1t from the standpoint of whal
is the better policy, although with me
my only desire is to know what IL
right That was the spirit of Presi
dent Lincoln"
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