Alaska sentinel., 1909-02-11
TESTIMONIES

1 SosSi' 'ohs hSu anu hOhcu uPOb the life and works of Lincoln;
 H. W. Beecher:-"Who shall re. count our martyrs sufferings for this people? Since the November of 1860 his horizon has been black with storms. By day and by night he trod way of danger and dark ness. On his shoulders rested a government dearer to him than his own life. At its integrity millions of men were striking home. Upon this government foreign eyes low cred. It stood like a lone island in sea full of storms; and every tide and every wave seemed eager to devour it. Upon thousands of l hearts great sorrows and snxieties have rested, but nos on one such, and in such measure, as upon that simple, truthfql, noble soul our faithful and sainted Lincoln. Ne yer rising to the enthusiasm of more impassioned natures in hours of hope, and never sinking with the mercurial in hours of defeat to the depths of despondency, he held on with immovable patience and fortitude, putting caution against hope, that it might not be prema- ture, and hope against caution, that it might not yield to dread and danger He wrestled cease lessly through four black and purgatorial years, wherein God was cleansing the sins of bis people as by fire.
 Then the vail of g nation pro- claimed that he had gone from among us. Not thine the sorrow, but ours, sainted soul Thou hast indeed entered the promised land, while We are yet on the march. To us remsins the rocking of the deep, the storm upon the land, days of duty and nights of watching; but thou art sphered high above all darkness and fear, beyond all sor- row and weariness. Rest, 0 weary heart! Rejoice exceedingly, thou that hast enough suffered Thou hast beheld Him who inyisibiy led thee in this great wilderness. Thou standest among the elect. Around thee are the royal men that have ennobled human life in every age Kingly art thou, with glory on thy brow as diadem. And joy is upon thee for evermore. Over all this land, over all this little cloud of years. that now from thine infinite horizon moves back as a speck, thou art lifted up as high as the star is above the clouds that hide us, but never reach it. In the goodly company of Mount Zion thou shalt find that rest which thou hast sorrowing sought in vain and thy name, an everlasting name in heaven, shall flourish in frag- rance and beauty as long as uen shall last upon the earth, or hearts remain, to revere truth, fidelity and goodness"
 Noah Brooks:-"He became the type, flower and representative of all that is worthily American; in him the commonest of the human traits were blended with an all embracing charity and the highest human wisdom with single devo- tion to the right he lived unselfsh- ly, void of selfish personal ambi ton, and, dying tragically, left a name to be remembered with love and honor as one of the best and greatest of mankind"
 Joseph H. Choate:-"A rare and striking illustration of the sound mind in the sound body. He rose to every occasion. He led public opinion. He knew the heart and consciey 2e of the people. Not only was there this steady growth of in- te!lect, but the infinite delicacy of his nature and capacity for refine ment developed also, as exhibited