The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-11
LINCOLN DAY
OBSERVED BY
KlWANlS CLUB
J. Nj. Devine ExtOlS Greatness
of Martyred Civil War
President to Members
TELLS OF HIS RISE

: The life of Abraham Lincoln and
lessons to be learned from it were
Iunfolded before the members of the
kiwanis club, at noon luncheon to-
| day, by J. NJ. Devinc, commissioner
OF immigration. Mr.. pevine said in
| part:
"Those who live in mountain
| cannot see the mountain. 1t requires
| the perspective Of distance to bring
out the true proportions, beauty and
grandeur Of the mountain, as it lifts
its towering proportions up &c and
beyond the clouds about it. So to, it
requires the perspective of time to
bring out the great characteristics
and the enduring qualities of the
great figure in history, who has lived,
battled, achieved and died. One who
stands before a great painting, the
masterpiece of great artist, sees
ncvc r-ending and ever changing
| beauties as he views it from d:Ier-
ent angles, ever portraying the work
of the master hand. SO it is that
the student of Americap history
views new strengths, new evidences
of greatness as he studies the life of
Lincoln.
abraham Lincoln was man of
deep emotion; broad sympathies, in
tense feeling, constant as the stars
gentle and tender as Il woman, broad
as the republic in his patriotism and
as wide as the universe in his hu-
mainly. The more We know of him
and the nearer we get to him the
bigger he grows. He surpasses all
orators ineloquence, all diplomats II
wisdom and the most ambitious in
; fame. In many respects no one il
the life of this nation fills our ideals
as does this wise, simple minded
self-reliant, self-made man, who
came to US as gift Of the people
!, from the hearts, homes and forest:
of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
Born and reared in absolute pow
crty, surrounded on every hand will
difficulties seemingly unsurmount
able but, for the intervening AM
guiding hand Of Providence, Lincoln
grew every day and every year int
greater intellectual power and vigor.
Rise to Power.
In speaking of his rise to powe
Mr.. Devine said:
''In 1856 he had played no grea
part in the national arena nor wa
he long familiar character as wa
Seward, Chase or Wade, but he wa
not an accident any more than Crom
we'll was an accident, who while Ell
| ~
on the front line was developing il
the background for his mighty strug
gle with Charles the First. Vine,
, Washington was elected President o
the United States he gathered tn
greatest men Of his time about hin
| but jefferson with his political mas
terry, Hamilton with his crcativ
genius, Adams with his Taught
spirit, all acknowledged the suprcm
acy of the ovcr-shadowing chief. S
also did Lincoln when he bccam
President. He gathered about hir
the biggest men of his day but Chas
with his robust personality, Sewar
with his statescraft. Stanton with hi
political intensity aud Sumner wit
his ripe scholarship all acknowledge
that in greatness Of mind and great
ness of character Lincoln was great
or than the greatest among then
His great nature was big enough
broad enough, deep enough to meas
ure the widest possible human sym
pathies and to measure accuratel
the political forces which sway
, nation.
when the war clouds were hang
ing deep and dark overhead; whe
battle after battle was lost; whe
the leaders of ms ms party in the bot
Congressional bodies were denoun.
ing him in the most bitter term
: daily then it was that Lincoln walk
ed out upon the sea Of public clam GU
, and babe the waves be still. Hi
K. immortal address at Gettsburg wi
live as long as the English language
(. He did not delve into books nor ran
, sack libraries TO get that speech, h
. simply looked into his great bi
agonizing heart, spoke what he fel
2 and the simple majesty of its beaut
was the Utmost expression Of hi
: soul.
, Should Remember Him.
, "When Robert Bruce the heroi
Scottish chieftan was about to die h
3 called his beloved Douglas to hi
, side and babe him, when the fins
, hour should come, to take out hi
heart, put it in a golden casket an
: wear it faithfully on his breas
e Douglas obeyed the command an
+ when in later years in the Holy Ian
= the stress Of battle brought dout
and uncertainty be raised on hig
t the golden casket, within which wa
r the heart Of his dead leader an
: rushing INTO. the thickest of tn
1 battle fought onward to victory. S
e let US as people in this day an
f time keep within our hearts tn
e memory Of the devotion, sacrifice an
: death of our great Lincoln and eve
: stand firm in defense of those gres
principles for which he, gave up HI
life.
~ Going to Mandan
e DR.. J. o. Arnson, chairman of II
: committee on inter-club relations, al