The Washington times., 1921-02-12
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for MODESTY
Great Honors Never Submerged
True Democratic Traits Of
Emancipator.
BY G. W. LESTER.


secured for him in the State Capt.
tol. 1t was his wish that no one
should be denied the privilege Of
seeing him. II was still no uncom-
mon thing to see him on the street
surrounded by admirinx friends who
had come from adjoining counties.
BIBLE HIS GUIDE.
Sometimes he carried an armfuI Of
letters and packages received through
the mail. Occasionally. the packages
consisted OF wearing apparel, or gifts
for the children. Taking home an
srmful one day he said TO Mrs. Lin
coln-"weil. wife. II nothing else
comes out OF this scrape we are GO
ing to have some new clothes any
way"
One evening after the last visitor
had taken his departure Lincoln call
ed In Mr.. Batemsn. State superintend-
ent OF public instruction. who occu-
pied an adjoining office. and together
they went through a book containing
a canvass OF the voters of the city.
When coming to the list Of minis
ters and noting their decision, Lin
coin regarded II thoughtfuIiy for a
moment and with a face full of sad
ness said:
"Here are twenty-three ministers
OF different denominations, and all
OF them are against me but three;
and here are a great many promi-
nent members of the church, a very
iargs majority Of whom are against
me."~
After speaking OF his desire TO be
q Christian, and for freedom In the
Territories and for freedom every
where. while his opponents were for
slavery, he could not understand why
the ministers were going to vote
against him. With bowed head he
spoke as IL counting his words. II
know there Is a God and that He
hates injustice and slavery. l see
the storm coming, and l know that
His hand is in it. II he has place
and work for me-and l think he has
Il believe / am ready. These men
will find that they have not read
their Biles Alright"
CALLERS NUMEROUS.
The election over, callers were
more numerous and many of them
distinguished-and his burdens far
greater. The burdens were OF his own
inviting. and he must take them and
make the best OF them. He was not
unconsciously building his own cross.
For years he had seen the storm COM
ing. He saw II when throwing down
the challenge to Judge Douglas. His
immortal sentence coined around the
words, "a house divided against it
self cannot stand" was call to
arms; Southern leaders so accepted It,
The people-the mass who had been
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better than they knew. Each day
was a day when their onward march
was leading them to see more Of the
wrongs coming from slavery.
RECEIVING aAUNT sALLY~
When informed that a woman by
the name Of Sally Lowdy was at the
door awaiting to see him, he prompt
ly excused himself from distinguish :
ed callers--they we're great on his
day-and rushing to the door re-
ceived her with both hands.
At first AUNT" Sally in her we'll
worn lincy dress, stout shoes and split
bonnet. showed confusion, but this
passed away when seeing that Lin
coin was the same Honest Abe" she
had known years before up at New
Salem. when she knit socks and made
f1apjacks for him. "Abe"-"I had to
come and say good-by-I thought I'd
come and bring you a present. Here
she pulled out q pair Of heavy yarn
socks and handing them to him said.
"T knit 'em myself" Receiving them
Lincoln's sad face showed pleasure
"Aunt Sally" you couldn't done
nothing. which would have delighted
me more. I'll take 'em to Washing
ton and wear them. I'm sure I'll find
nothing like them there"
Well did he know that Washington
had long since passed home knit yarn
socks and the homely virtues OF
Aunt Sally Lowdy. Well did he know
that the life of the nation depend
ed upon those virtues. Do you not
see him again and again calling the
attention Of Chase and Seward to
those yarn socks when wanting TO
divert their attention to other things
than their own little selfishness!
TWO YEARS OF WAR.
Two and more years of bloody war
was carrying them back to the hard
days of trials and heartaches of their
fathers fathers. The ministers OF
today are divided upon the 10Th er
slavery" in about the same proper
ton as they were In Springfield upon
Negro slavery. AS a people fall
slavery. slavery in any form, SO does
the church. Money. dress and posi-
ton wrung from the sweat Of other
mems faces and God Almighty can
not OCCUPY the same pew.
And on we go through New Salem
as the old world goes through Jeru-
sa,em-and the original of Jerusalem
is salem. Jerusalem was where the
faithful collected to celebrate the
world triumphs of Israel win New
Salem be the Jerusalem OF America
was not Lincoln the embodiment N
the Old JQerusalem. In the light
OF the twentieth century progress
was his preaching anything less than
more of the Real Presence OF God In
all things to all men. as preached by
christi When He said and often re
peated--"He who say he loves God and
loves not his fellow man is a liar
and the truth is not In him" Any
thing contrary to this bring slavery
slavery in another form.
on one side are those with tho
spirit of Lincoln and Aunt Sally
I,owdy. and on the other are those
standing for personal privilege. "Thc
house must become all one thing or
all tho other" And never In the