The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-12

princes palace is not greater. He never
went to school a whole year in his lie,
and yet this unskilled frontiersman mas
left us gems of literary art.
He was almost without political OF
q time during the tumultuous battle days
of the Civil War, when the nations life
was at stake. when he did not completely
comprehend the political and military Sit
nations. During the sanguinary encounSs
ters Of the Civil War, in the presence of
the most Appalling calamaties' he pore
when the strongest hearts quailed he re
manned serene and unmoved. Yet When
he came to be married he was selzed WIN
a panic of fear. and instead of seizing MS
bride at the altar ran away and HID, ana
could not be found. 49,
Amid all the perplexing questions arlsihg
during the four years OF strife, amid the
distracting shrieking and clamor of mad
dened men, il, Is not toe much to say
that he was the only entirely sane sane man nan
like the shadow. Of a great rock IN a
weary land. Yet he was a victim of melan-
cholIa to such an extent that he was
afraid TO carry a penknife with him for
fear that he would take his own life.
Awkward In movement, homely in every
limb, and unscholed in the lower technical
ties of matters, he left behind him the
memory of grace higher than that of out
ward person, OF a gentlemanness deeper
than mere breeding.
Surely here are conditions sufficient to
meet the highest requirements of ramatic
art. The Greek invested their tragedies
with supernatural grandeur and elevation
by giving them a background Of fate in
the shape of a great curse, and Nemesis
pursuing innocent posterity of those incur
ring the curse. The life of Lincoln has
even these tragedic elements.
Nemesis, in the shape of retribution, had
come to those who attempted to make
this country an unholy temple for the
Impure idol of slavery, who tried to change
the great truth to In the sweat of an
nThar'0 brow shall "a n n nuf hIAnd - 4 n
the expiation of this curse, 100000 men
went down TO bloody graves, Il fair portion
Of our beautiful country was swept by
the whirlwind. of war and left u desolate
wilderness. The march of events was as
irresistible and as Inevitable as the or
dered motion Of the planets.
Here we have the material which prop
erly combined and arranged forms the basis
for a drama rapid In action, lofty in feel
ing and OF "A SURPRISING interest in plot.
In the three Roman pieces, Cariolanus,
Shakespeare has called the public life OF
ancient Rome up from the grave, and has
exhibited i before our eyes with the ut
most grandeur of the dramatic form, and
the heroes of Plutarch are ennobled by the
most eloquent poetry.
America awaits the genius whose heart
IS pregnant with celestial fire who shall
take our national hero and give to his life
a dramatic and domestic setting that shall
be a masterpiece during all the ages.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke of the episodes of
the life of Lincoln, dividing them as
follows: First, his youth and prepara
ton; second, the Douglas debate; third.
election as President; fourth, emancipa-
ton; fifth, death and peace.
Children Recite Gettysburg Address.
A feature of the celebration was the
recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress by twelve school children, six
boys and six girls, from the parochial
school Of the Church Of the Sacred
Heart.
An orchestra played patriotic selec-
tons and a quartet composed of Mrs. L.
Carroll Beckel, Mrs M. f. Corcoran
Frank B. Sayre and George II. Simonds,
sang Abraham Lincoln" and the cele-
bration closed with the singing of
America by the audience, the orches-
ira playing the air.
One of the features of tonight's cele-
bration will be an address by the Rev.
r. French Hurley. a negro minister,
who is pastor of st. James's African
Methodist Episcopal Church, this city.
The program for tonight follows:
overture, Gems of Steven Foster.
Theodore Tobani
Introductory remarks. ..... ..........
Alderman jerome 7. Congleton.
AHNOcdlloH
Rev. DR.. d. r. Frazer, pastor Of
the church.
Gettysburg Address.
Repeated by the twelve children.
grafton
Frederick Lands, of Logansport, Ind.
Reveile, Rosemary" III. g. Barton
Orchestra.
ANuESSS
Prof. Thomas +. Kennedy.
Quartet, Hero Beloved.
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Rev. r. French Hurley.
March, American Republicv-A. Thiele
Orchestra.