South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-16
LINCOLN s LIFE
TOPIC Of SERMON
Rev. j. N. Greene Tells of
Simple Greatness of the
Martyred President.

At the First Methodist church
last night DR.. j. y. Greene delivered
lecture on Lincoln. tho Apostle
of Liberty" He said that "the
problem confronting the student Of
the life OF Lincoln IS how was il
possible for one born In the depths
of poverty and ignorance having
no more than one year Of schooling
In his entire life TO rise to a po-
.sLA2n where despite the threats and
) Uses Of enemies and the errone-
Is advice Of friends, ne could yet
lirect the affairs OF a nation in life
and death struggle. with an instinct
as unerrinE as that which guides the
night Of the waterfowl"
"A mans real greatness IS meas
ured by the twofold standard OF
what he is and what he does 10 Is
not enough for a man 10 be good
4 practical age wants piety ex-
pressed in power Lincoln was
great soul; he was iu tune with the
Infinite. lie did a great work: he
was benefactor TO a troubled age p"
Great But Simple.
Lincoln was great i'm his simplici-
his childhood placed it's STAMP upon
his entire career. His elevation 90
congress or 10 the presidency did
not elevate him above the masses.
lie was a son OF the soil and an
heir Of toll and hardship He had
heard the heart beat of humanity
at close range and ne could never
bc Indifferent 10 the interests OF the
common man.
lie was great I'm his integrity
To be honorable and 10 do the
square thing seem sto have been IN
his blood from boyh0od. II should
never be forgotten that the man
who saved the nation from disrup-
t.on and granted liberty 10 an en-
shaved race was neither CRATER nor
trlckster. demagogUe nor charlatan.
bat "a man OF such unstained integri-
- that the passing generations
Alye come 20 speaS of him as the
-T-s> OF honor.
Had Faith.
A He was great I'm his faith Lin
1 oln may not have been q Christian
In the commonly accepted meaning
of that term. but It is yet evident
that ne possessed faith i'm God
and in a divine providence as simple
and as beautiful as "a child's He
.pubiicly declared that ne would bo
Fthe most presumptuous blockhead !
>apor the footstool if he thought /
"a for one day he could perform |
Zinc duties OF his high office without |
The cid md enlightenmcut of One /
Stronger and wiser than all others. /
TLincoln rose in the political /
iealm SO Tidly that few men had /
A. Just appreciation of MS real cali /
her After his election 20 the office .
OF president. Wendell Phillips said. /
who is this huckstev i'm politics,
nho is this county court advocate? .
~ whom Lincoln fook i'm his toll /
hardened hands the reins OF govern /
ment. the nation discovered il was /
Luut dealing with a huckster i'm pol (
49, but with "a genius i'm states +.
nship And instead of the new
president being "A county court adj I.
vocate ne was revealed 90 be an
advocate before the bar or eternal
Justice. pleading the cause of hui /
man rights.
Waps Gov. Edwardss.
Gov Edwards of New Jersey I
needs % Doe reminded OF the princi- T
pc of government laid down 10y Lin f.
coin when ne said, a house divided /
against itself cannot stand. This .
nation cannot endure half slave and /.
half free This nation cannot en- 4
aure half wet and half dry The 7
-ry of Gov Edwards is the old cry /
20 e4.te'- riobfe which WAS "a Dup-- .
don settled when Lincoin's troops .
uu the bloody battlefclds of the .
south Gov Edwards is attempting
.o wave the bloody shirt again. and .
o drag the democratic party into 1
he business OF resurrecting a doe /
.rlne that has been in the grave for /
so Years
The message Of Lincoln To- this /