Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-07

(The anniversary of Lincoln's birth
occurs next Tuesday, February ~. In
connection with this occasion we re
produce extracts from an address by
Henry Ward Beecher on the effect Of
the martyred presidents death, de
liverd at Brooklyn, April 16, 1856
Editor.)
Again a great leader of the people
has passed through toll, sorrow, bat
tie, and war, and come near to the
he might not pass over. Who shall
recount 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
a way of danger and of darkness. On
his shoulders rested a government
dearer to him than his own life. y y x
He wrestled ceaselessly through four
black and dreadful purgatorial years,
NllGl u bOu wac SICuilJhSS i. li1C Sib
Of his people as by fire.
cat last, the watcher beheld the
gray dawn for the country. The
mountains began to give forth their
forms from out of darkness, and the
East came rushing toward us with
arms full of JOY for all our sorrows.
Then it was for him to be glad eX-
ceedingly that had sorrowed immeas-
urably. Peace could bring to no 9th
er heart such JOY, such rest, such hon
or, such trust, such gratitude. But he
looked upon it as Moses looked upon
the promised land. Then the wall of
a nation proclaimed that he had gone
from among us. Not thine sorrow,
but ours, sainted soul. Thou hast
indeed, entered the promised land,
while we are yet on the march. To US
remains the rocking of the deep, the
| storm upon the land, days of duty and
nights Of watching; but thou are spher-
ed high above all darkness and fear,
beyond all sorrow and ewariness. Rest,
o weary heart! Rejoice exceedingly,
thou that hast enough suffered! Thou
hast beheld Him who invisibly led
thee in this great wilderness. Thou
standest among the elect. Around
thee are the royal men that have en-
nobled human life in every age. y y "
Never did two such orbs of expert
ence meet in one hemisphere as the
Joy and the sorrow of the same week
in this land. The. JOY was sudden as
il no man had expected it, and as en-
trancing as if it had fallen a sphere
from heaven. 1t rose up over SO
briefly, and swept business from its
/ mornings, and ran down through the
land in irresistible course. Men EN-
braced each other in brotherhood
that were strangers in the flesh. They
sang, or prayed, or, deeper yet, many
could only think Thanksgiving and
weep gladness. y = = In one hour JOY
lay a pulse. without a CLEAN or breath.
A sorrow came that swept through
the land as huge storms sweep through
the forest and field. rolling thunder
along the sky, ~disheveling the flowers.
daunting every singer in thlcket o.
forest, and pouring blackness and
darkness across the land and up the
mountains. Did eve rso many hearts
in so brief a time, touch two such
boundless feelings? 1t was the utter
most Of joy: it was the uttermost q
sorrow-noon and midnight. without
space between. - This nation has
dissolved-but in tears only. i
stands ~four-square, more solid toda,
than any pyramid of Egypt. Thi,
people are neither wasted, no daunt
ed. nor disordered. The govern
ment is not weakened, it Is made
stronger. Even he no now sleeps
has, by this event, been clothed witt
new influence. Dead, he speaks te
men who now willingly hear what be
fore they refused to listen to. Nov
his simple and weighty words will be
gathered like those of Washington
and your children and your children'i
children shall be taught to ponder thee
simplicity and deep wisdom OF utter
anees which. In their time, passed. u
party heat, as idle words. Men vii
f~recive Ia new impulse Of patriotism
Tor his sake and will guard with yea
the whole country which he loved S
! well. ! In the midst Of this great
continent his dust shall rest, q sac
red treasure to myriads who shal
pilgrim to that shrine to kindle anew
their zeal and patriotism, Ye winds
that move Over the mighty places q
the west, chant his requiem. Ye PEG
pie. behold 4 martyr whose blood, Al
10 many articulate words, pleads fel