The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-08

don of condemned soldiers, and intense
a1fect1on manifested for the people of
the south as for those of the north.
Strength and Tenderness Combined.
Lincoln's moral sensibilities We're as
strong as his affections were great.
Love and mercy OF themselves, un-
mixed with other elements, would have
been weakness, %inbecility. The just side
OF his nature was as strong as the love
side was tender. His ~veracity reminds
US OF Regulus, who counted his word
worth more than his life. Lincoln was
n symbol of incorfuptible INTEGRITY.
In one of the plays of Aeschylus, when
n actor referred to Amphiraeus, all
the people in the theater arose and cast
their eyes toward Aristides as the ex-
preston OF integrity. The yes of the
ages Will turn toward Lincoln as the
incarnation Of moral purity. Honest
Old Abe" is a title greater than any
king ever bore.
Lincoln was a ~singularly religious
man. Early in life he was skeptical.
But from the time he assumed the
heavy burdens Of his public office he
was strong in his faith and intense in
his spirituality. Few persons in the
nation were better students of the
bible. from which he quoted in almost
every public message and address.
Lincoln On The Battlefield.
A confederate boy, Daily, Of Com
pany K, Tenth Alabama volunteers,
lay wounded, and. as he thought, dying
on the battlefield Of ~Sharpsburg. A
My boy, you are very young" Yves,
l am, and I'm dying. VIII you please
e this bible to my mother, whose
address is on the fiyleaf?" The
stranger took 1t and said: Were not
going to let so nice a boy as you die,
and you yourself shall take the book
to your mother" As the stranger
started to go away the boy said: who
is it that l am to thank for this kind
ness?" MY name,' the stranger said,
lis Abraham Lincoln"
The boy was stunned with the infor-
nation. h president had him taken
to the hospital at Frederick, Md, where
among the exchanged prisoners a little
package wrapped in brown paper was
handed to him. Opening 1T he found
that 1t was his bible, containing a card.
on which was written: Take this
book Of God to your mother. A. Lin
coin" Some verses We're marked with
the letter L.. The boy said that the
precepts of the book and the verses
marked had been the guide and in
spiration Of his life.
Dr.. Hill, a well known physician of
Buffalo, told me his incident illustrat-
ing Lincoln's faith In prayer and in
the divine guidance: The doctor, who
was a Of the sanitary commits
sion, was at a meeting of that organ
ization in the White House one night,
and congratulated the president on
having originated such a gigantic
benevolence. Mr.. Lincoln said to him:
you must carry your thanks to a
higher being. One story night I tossed
on my bed, unable to sleep as I thought
Of the farriG1a CT, ff a,;, y, ~, "a 80 -
ana sailors. l spent an Jour in agoniz-
ing prayer to God for some method of
relief, and He put the sanitary COM
mission In my mind. with all it's de-
tails, as distinctly as though the in
structlons had been written out by a
pen and handed to me. Hereafter, al
ways thank your Heavenly Father. and
not me, for his organization, which
has eased so much pain and saved SO
many lives"
Lincoln is not dead; no steel was
ever made sharp enough or bullet
swift enough to touch such a soul as
his. They could only tear the raimept
he wore, or break down the house in
which he lived. The assassin's bullet
dld not touch him-only crushed a shell
from which an eagle came forth plum
Ing his pinions for limitless realms. He
Is not dead; his spirit hands are on our
shoulders. the perfume of his breath is
"a ouA SLCeh, ana ny MS presence we
are inspired with a higher heroism. a
broader philanthropy, a deeper patriot
ism. a holier purpose, and a irmer faith
in the everlasting.
So long as the Mississippi shall flow
or the Atlantic roll; so long as sonw
capped mountain top sha speak to
the blue sea and the blue sea to the
mountain top; so long as the violet
shall speak of modesty, the lily of
purity, or the rose tell of love; so long
as there sha be appreciation of the
true. the beautiful, the good, the great
IN human conduct-so long will lin
coins influence live in the institutions
and carts of mankind.