The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-08-13
hon. S. STIMMEls ADDRESS
dwelling Of Lincoln
Bust Christiania, on
July Eth, 1914.

The -grandest thing on earth 10 a
sublime human character. Abraham
Lincoln was that type Of man. II has
been we'll said that the more human we
are the more divine we become. LIN.
coin was divinely human. He was q
great patriot and wise statesman; but
in his integrity OF character he was
greater than anything he ever aaid or
did.
Lincoln was not great simply be-.
cause he happened to be President Of
the United States during the most
critical period OF carnations history,
because he issued the Emancipation
Proclamation that liberated four mil
lion slaves.S The Presidency during
the Civil War vas an opportunity for
him to demonstrate his marvellous wis.
dom aud sagacity in %statecraft, but he
had all the we'll trained elements Of
greatness in him before he had the OPP.
portunity. 1t is an old saying, Sect
thy spindle and distaf ready, and
God will send thee flax" Lincoln had
his spindle and distaf ready, and
when the opportune flax came he was
ready to spin.
In early life he had few advantages,
but he made the most Of what he had
His life was q continual struggle, but
he a an overcomer, and 1t made him
q hero. He was faithful over the few
things he had, and God made him
ruler over many things. His strug.
giles and the use made of the few adj
vantages he had developed in him a
genius in the economy OF resources;
this in turn gave him intellectual
power and made him q thinker. BY
abstemious habit and persistent effort
in study and thought, he acquired
great breadth of mental vision. His
reading was along the line that in
spired him with patriotic ardor and
high ideals.
1t has been said that Lincoln "a an
uneducated man. He may not have
been trained in much of the technical
learning of the schools, but in point
of mental discipline, the chief aim
and object Of education, he was high
ly educated. A distinguished educa-
tor has said that "a man is educated
when he ia master OF himself and mas.
ter of his task" Lincoln was. in a
very marked degree. master OF him
self and master of his task. He stead
4 lastly adhered to that which he con-
ceived to be right, standing firmly by
his honest convictions, and thus de-
veloped great strength of moral char
acter. His high regard for the COM
mon rights of man made him humane,
kind and sympathetic. Thus in mat
ters needing symathy he was as kind
and gentle as a loving mother, but in
matters of state, where principles of
right we're involved, he was as firm
and immovable as the everlasting
hills. His head and heart we're a unit.
We are told that when the great tenn
pie of Minerva was erected at Athens,
all sculptors were invited to compete
in q statue for It's dome. On the day
of the award, a noted artist brought a
life size statue OF Minerva, so beauti-
full that 1t was received with loud ac-
claim; but as it was raised to its place,
it grew smaller and smaller, until it
seemed a mere speck against the sky.
Then a statue. the work OF a poor me-
chanic, was unveiled. huge and rough
hewn; but as it was raised a]oft, its
rugged features disappeared and il
became more and more comely, until
reaching the pinnacle of the dome, ii
took the very semblance of the god.
dess and seemed animate with life.
SO it is with Lincoln. 1t has taken
nearly fifty years for us to get ia,
enough away from the rugged fea'
lures of his earthly career to enabl,
us to see the beauty and majesty o
his sublime character.
Friends and People Of Norway, Tn,
people of the State of North Dakota
greet you, and come to present to 20,
a representation OF one Of America,
grandest heroes, n of her mobiles
martyrs, one of the finest specimens o
manhood which God the Creator ha,
ever produced = Abraham Lincoln
Patriot! Statesman! Gentleman!
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