Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-02-15
LINCOLN THE PATRIOT

n the lands across tho Sea- The life
applicable to present day conditions
SIS to make his spirit living presence.
in every American home A year ago
Judge Goodwin. Of Salt Lakeland the
world. penned these words In his eu-
logy of Lincoln: ."As this smiling home
-sy infant lay In his crude cradle In the
rough log cabin In Kentucky, who could
1ghen know what a radiant angel touch
sd his lips and placed thereon the seal
81 Immortality"
tuesday the Rev. Whsle Martin de-
livered an address which Is so filled
with the lofty patriotism of Lincoln
Ard his influence upon our times that
al who heard it felt they had been
permitted to hear ar address such as
one will hear but three or four of as
nigh rank in lifetime.
The following is the address as
published in the Statesman.
Mr.. Martins Address
The address delivered by the Rev
Mr.. Martin follows in part:
When our allies last spring sent
distinguished embassies to convey to
the citizens of this country the pro-
found sense of uplift that our entrance
into the war had brought to the free
dom seeking nations. and TO confer
with the heads Of the republic on the |
best way to make ready for the con
Hict, they did not regard their work as /
complete until they had journeyed |
to Illinois and had laid a wreath Of
love and admiration on the grave of
Americas greatest son. There the |
liberty loving people of the world
voiced anew their debt to the nobIest
and mightiest force for good that has
trodden the earth in human shape
since Christ walked the wan hills OF
Gsalilee.
1t would be indeed strange If on
the university OF his birth, we uid
not gather with reverent hearts to pay
tribute of respect to his memory.
Not since he fell martyr for hu-
ffldjllly ildS Il SuCCStulilB tDTudIJ 1
found us at war. But now we are In
the midst of a struggle so tremendous
that the very foundations OF ordes4y
society are in jeopardy. 1t Is a strug-
gle so horrible that pity wells her fncs
and Christ OF mercy IS crucified again
an Caesars cross of brutality. It Is a
struggle so costly that it has mortgaged
the future and has laid a crushing
burden on the ages yet TO come. It
is more terrible than savagery, more
relentless than the pittiless tornado
more diabolicaI in it's contrivances Of
torture thar pante's hell. Starvation.
rapine. plague, stalk with it.
America Faces Gethscmsne 9
Either We win or the world goes
weltering to the shambles of slavery
We dare not lose We dare not quit
il is now or perhaps never :
My friends, this is not the time to Z
console ourselves with the fatal deIu- !
sion Of easy victory. America will sob
in Gethsemane and agonize on CAL :
vary ere we come out of this struggle 7
We come to this Lincoln day cele- =
bration with sobered faces. We come +,
not as partisans. we come as Ameri- r
cans. We need a vision we need in {
spiration. we need faith. we need G
courage. So we come to look once
into the scanned face of that gaunt
child of the west who bore on his r
heart the strain of four awful years of
fratricidal war: we come for a word
that shall steady and speed us on our y
heartbreaking enterprise.
Speaking to Americans >,
II you are first of all Republicans,
or perchance a Democrat. have no :
message for you. 1 am here to speak g
to men who are first of all Americans {
I am not here to talk to men whose r
nrst allegiance is to some party banner
I am here to talk to men whose first
and last allegiance is that billowy ban
ner whose stripes are for the healing
of the world and whnse stars speak OF n
Gods morning. OF
All the dreamers of liberty, all the Il
heroes of freedom. in word, all the 8,
sons Of the morning claim rightul al
share in Abraham Lincoln. But we IN
Americans have a right to give him e,
first place in our affections, for he W
wss one of us. He was an American p
by the gift of birth and an American n,
by the grace of his spirit. Ia
Lincoln's life bids us renew our nj
confidence in democracy. As long as n,
the springs of power are in tho hands hi
OF the common folks we need not IN
fear for the vitality OF this republic. tr
The Age long Struggle.
We could not hold such a faith
and stay out of this conflict This is