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CARLA'ON do PORTER'S •BOOBS:
DENTON : / Fox. A Commentary on the
Lord's. Prayer. By Rev: W. Denton.
Edited and enlarged by Rev. Henry J - --'
Fox. / New York : Carlton & Tkirter•
16me., pp. 208. For sale by Perkin pine &
. Hi 0 .. 7. ..---
'vOlume'of great interest and value,
ro ect mainly of choke extracts from corn-
It /
eutators of every age of the church,. and
Reis on prayer generally, or on the
Ord's prayer in particular_ The' work
is pot, however, that of mere collation.
It is an' independent and in many re,. ,
SPOptR original treatise, fall of thonight
i'lid pstruction, highly "suggestive aia .
edifying. Every effort really, tending t 4"
Honor :and; commend the exercise , )bt
prayer to the believer deserves to`bnen , "
edttraged. We regard this ,Wtirk.` 4
worthy,, of general circulation. But we are
quite at a loss to account. for the mode
of spelling the common Nyo:ra. 't' daily"
employed in the volume, ibua; '" daily."
Volt does it mean ? .... ,
PECK. ' Our County, its Trial and it's:Tri
umph. A series of Discourses suggested
by the varying Events of the War for the
Union. By Rev. G. W. Peck, D.D. New
York : Carlton & Pkirter. 18mo., 300 pp.
For sale by Perkinpine &•}lig - gin'.
Thoroughly, loyal and true to every
great civil and moral interestinvolved in
our country's peril are these sermons,
but with rather more of the platform
than the pulpit in their tone.
.Doritrustzv.• Facts for Boy . and Girls,
about Boys and Girl% By Rev. Richard
Donkersley. Six illustration% New York:
Carlton & Porter. 18mo.; pp. 284. For
sale by Perkinpine & Higgins.
A very miscellaneous 'collection of
aort• stories about children, some with
a, good moral and some told; merely as
stories.
__. _
VARJCINS,THILLIPS, MAIN.. Hallowedwe
Bongs. A Collection of' the most Popular.
Hymns and Tunes, both old and new, de
signed for • Prayer and Social Meetings,
Revivals, Family Wowhip, and Sabbath
-
schools: By J. Perkins;Philip Phillips,
and S. Main. New York : Carlton & Por-,
ter. Square 16m0., .pp._, 256.
A good collection, appropriate to the
ends in
r view, of portable size, handsome
typography and superior to many books
of the class in arrang*ent. The ap
pendix ,contains a number of ".Spiritual
Songs," with choruses, adapted.tO occa=l
sions of special religious interest.
PexsoN. A Model Boy;:or, Recollections of
John:Payson Williston Clarks , With an
addremi by Rev. Z. Eddy, D.D. Northamp= I
ton, • Mass. 18mo. •
PICTURE BOOK of one hundred Pictures, by
Miss A. J. Toy. 18mo.
Emu's Day Dreams, and what came of
them. 18mo. • ,
B. ()Alum'. & suo. , s BOOKS.
Soma Crreriteti Imam= : Discourses npon
' 'Christian doctrines. DeliVered in the South
' Baptist Church, New -York, on Sabbath
evenings, from' January to April; 1863.
By'Clergymen of New York, representing
six evangelical denominations. - -431 pages,
12mo. New - York : R. Carter & Irros.
For sale at . the Presbyterian Book - Store,
1334 Chestnut st., Philadelphia:
These twelve diicourses in this jux.ta,
position are the result of a bold but.suc
cessful experiment of the pastor of the
church in which they were ' delivered.
The diScourses -are, . a high order of
mithomiletic ability, a ' .):ipw what a broad
basis :,of common thought and belief is
shared •by the evangelical denominations.
Nice shades of thought and full discrimi
nating statements of doctrine of course
are not made, but, the sermons shovthat
even upon such doctrines as regeneivition,
the nature of , the atonement, and justifi
cation, there' is substantial agreement.
The preachers are, Dr. 'Wm. Adame,
Shedd, Rice; and Hitchcock, Presbyte
rian ; Drs. Dewitt and Ganse, Reformed
Dutch ; Drs. H. G. Weston and A. H.
Thirlingham, Baptist ; Drs., Stephens and
Thompson, Methodist, and Drs. Canfield
and John Cotton Smith, Episcopalian.
A. L. O. E. Giles Oldham ; or, Miracles of
Heavenly Love in Daily Life. By A. L.
O. E.
_author of " The Silver Casket,"
" The Young Pilgrim," etc., etc. 326 pp,
18mo.
This is a series of connected stories
designed to be published in the shaPe of
a packet of tracts, as Well aST in an en
tire volume. The connecting, thread ii;
the idea that " the Lord works wonders
of love in the common events of our
lives" which we should. not overlook or
undervalue. , " Neddy and - his Mother,"
. a story by Wichern, cotnpletes the vol-
Liiiii KATT - and jolly Jim. 159 pp.. 18mo.
New York : It. ; .Carter & Bros. PUblish
ers. For sale at the Presbyterian Book
Store, 1334 Chestnut street, Phila.
HEADLEY. History of-Modern Heroes. Life
and Military Career of Majer:General Wil
liam Tecumseh Sherman. By R. P. C.
Headley, author of " Napoleon,'"Ete. 363
pp., 16mo. New York : Wm. H. Ap
p eton. For sale by 'B. H.. Butler & Co.,
Phila.
This is the latest of Headley's very
popular and successful series of the lives
of our generals and leading men for the
young It relates • the career ‘ of one-of
our most brilliant military leaders, whose
singular blunder - at the last moment, will
be' forgotten in the splendor of his
achievements and the undoubted sin
cerity and earnestness of his purpose to
crush the rebellion as a military power.
so
,N. N. Post Tenebras T ux.''Thel
row% Student; or,Literary Remains of
J. Zimmerman Johson. By his "Father.
Edited by J. Newton Brown, D.D.
Phila-
Wagenseller. 18mo. pp
192.•' For sale by Smith, English & Co.,
and' at the Baptist Publication Rooms, 530
' rolr street.
This volume records the short life cf
a young: Student of Lewisbnig Univer
sity, in this State, who formed one of
the band that poured out Of
that seat of learning to protect the State
from the invasion in returned
in safety from his weeks' service; but;
died notlonpartairottypboid fever. The
genealogical researches of the book seems
to . poio . tO Jansen; the celebrated author
afAtie jansenist movement in the Romish
church; as' among the ancestry of the
family. A number of essays and letters.
from the deceased have been collected
by. the hand of parental "affection and 4
published with the volume. It is illus.;
trated with a photograph likeness of the
departed.
THIRTY-El - GRUEL' CONGRESS. House of Re
presentatives. Report of - the COmmis
sionernf Agriculture, for ,the year. 1863.
8v43.• mh,698. L Newton, Commissioner..
• This Aarge , volume contains a vast
, amount “of„.information of; practical yalue,
to Alit farmer in almost every. department,
of 14 : 11onprable calling. The brief Re
-1190; Pommissiencr,: which forms
;the introduction to the Volume„presonts
14,34195 t encouraging view . of,: the condi
tionyof our country, in respect , of,: agri•-
culture,,dnrincr that ,yea;r of. inyasipn and
confusion. An increase in: all the pro
ducts of the State save- ; corn and hay,
which were injured by frost, is:reported.
The.number of immigrants . was, nearly
twice as great up to .Nov. 3Q, 1863, as
in the entire preceding year,
There are valtiahle statistics of West
ern Virginia in. this annual, and the Nte- ,
teorological Reports , collected by. the .
Smithsonian Institute are also given.
The articles on Farmers' Boys, 'Farmers'
Gardens, and Farmers' Honses will, be
read with interest. • , •
PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS. ,
I.arrELL's LIVING AGE, 29 April, 1 8 6 5.
—Contents : The Federal 'Bridge Burn
ing Expedition ; Clever Woman of the
Family; Modern Novelist's.; A Right
Spirit in Victory ; Death •of th Presi
dent ; Letter of President Lincoln to a
Lady of the Society of Friends ; Andrew
Janson, the new President ; Poetry ;
Short articles. •
Oua YOUNG FOLKS, May, 1865.,--
Contents : New Life, by the author of
" The ,Seven Little Sisters ;" Three Days;
at Camp Douglass, No. 2, by Edmund
Kirke ; The Wonderful gaek, by J. T.
Trowbridge ; The Railroad, by. Gail
Hamilton ; Our,Dogs,.by Harriet' Beech
er Stowe; Young Love, .by Charles,A.
'Barry ; Ho w, .the Crickets , brought ; Good
•Fortune, from-..the;..Fiench of. ,F.
Stahl.;. Winning , his Way, y., , by,Carlen
ton ,•;- TheLittle.prisoher, 3, lar.F.Arriund
Kirke ; Farming for Boys, by the,author
of. " Ten Auresr. Enough,;" Afloat-lin the
Forest,_s, by . Ms.yie `Reid.; ; Round - the
Evening Lamp.
SERMON BY REV.'W. W. TAYLOR.
PREACHED AT OLITET'PRESBYTEItIAN CHURCH
SABBATH MORNINGi• APRIL - 23, 1865, WHILST
THE. BCDY PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS LYING
IN INDEPENDENCE HALL.
• •
"And the. king lamented ever Abner, and
'said, as a marl falleth, before wicked men So
fellest thou. Know ye - not that there is a
prince and a greatrnan fallen thie; dayin Israel?'
Segos'. 83,-.34, ;,33.
If such a eulogium could justly be pron'ounced.
on Abner, with vastly more appropriateness
may it be applied to him whose deud body, at
this solemn honrilies in state in th iyuorial
chamber atlndependence Hull.
: Abner was a man of determined mind. and
.strong will, who, as
. Saurs commander-in-chief, -
'-had.displayed eminent . courage and abilities;
but in the manner of his' death alone, which
Was accemplished by treachery, does his history
enincide , with that of our beloved President i
for, whilst truly a prince of the late royal family,.
~
and great in mental and:military powers, in
; moral gitalitieiChe shows himself wholly defi
•cient ; who, when he turned, outwardly, to do
righti demonstrated that in hii fernier course
he had takenimpioniiround against the SOve
reign Disposer of-Israel's throne, and was now
necessarily - hypocritical in his _professions to
I
From the time 1 understood tbat the remains
of the President-would restin the 'city over the
Sabbath,l felt, that I could not use the ordinary
topics of pulpit discourse; but though we had
thought, and spoken, and prayed,. and wept so
much ,over his memory, some more last words
.
would be indispensably in place todaY.
-
Accordingly nave prepared the dicourse,
to which I,iuvite your atteutiPn, not , proposing
an elaborate work, but simply giving utterance
to those seinfrnerfifof admiration, regard,' and
,
affection which I cherish, without much caring
for the 'order .in which they come, and feeling
assured' that, in all I can say of this , character,
your will warrant me to act as the mouth-piece
of your own expressions.
For fear, however, we might exhibit the ap
pearance of man-worship, and seem to lose
sight of that higher Being,'the Creator of all
greatness,"the Pattern and - Author of all , human
goodness, join with me, first, in .ascribing, to
him supreme greatness, and power, and glory,
and victory and majesty. • •
. It is a just persuasion that God is better than
all men and angels; for he brought •the whole
existing realm 01 being, into life, and • the Al
mighty power thus demonstrated is plainly able
to create another system, and another, even to
infinity, so that God is greater and his life, and
happiness, and honor are of more worth, than
all imaginable created greatness and excellence.
Then it is also true that every man is imperfect,
Whilst every feature of public or private virtue
that appears in our race is derived from the
King of kings and Lord of Lords. With these,
'cautions that we do not offend the Divine'ma :
jesty, I willprObeed with my task.
In the beginning of our dread contest, although'
we knew but little of the character and policy
of our President, every wise man understood
that he was the centre of our hopes and the
right arm of our Safety; and every, loyal heart
clung to him, and pledged - beforehand to his
raeaSures'of administratip4a - determined sup-,
His speech, as he left Springfield, was hailed
by every considerate mind as a harbinger of
good. He said:--"A duty devolves •on me,
greater, perhaps, than has fallen on any other
man since the days of Washington. I feel`that
I cannot succeed without the same Divine,aid
that sustained him. On the same Almighty
Being I rely for support, and I hope, myfriends,
you will all pray that I may receive the Divine
assistance." • - -
"Now such a sense of responsibility and de
pendence on God constitutes, in these circum
-stances, a reel- greatness, and_ this sentiment,
happily tor,us, proiredthe key-note of all his
public actions. • ,
Turned from his intended course to the,capi-
THE AMERICAir - PRESBYTERIAN, THEritSDAY,
tal by apprehensions of violence on the way, I
he tarried in our city long enough to raise the
National flag over the hall where noishe'ileeps', 7
and Pronounce those immertals'and, 88 they' ,
have Pteved, prophetic
.D words:.—"Something,,
in the eclaration of Independence, giiring )
liberty not onlito this country, but hope to
the world for allsfutuie time, is 'the "great grin-.,
ciple or idea whieh has bmind the
Confederacy
'
so long together. , If , this countrycannot be,
seven without givin rp_that ,principle, I was
about to say I would rather-be
assassinated on.
the spot than Surrenderit s .2' , • , ' i
These words .declare his devotion to the ,
country, and that in . her behalf helseld not his
life' ear ; but whilst lie summortedsten to form
'an army and expose 'themselves in the battle
field, be, at home, was perpetually as much a '
hero as they. . s
, _ .. ,
-'Ever since those early days.we nave - 11.0QI II -
p al ised him with-our thoughts s ops sympathies\
and our" prayers. We have, indeed,,marehed .`;
.With our, armies, and sailed with' oths ships and
squadrons. Under" pungent sensibilities,' 'id
the exercise of ; patrrotie_rsynosathy, sy s s
have
fought every battle of thes q ?aion, aorrow
ing for the defeats and rejoidirigna the victories..
We have - stood-out at night.with thsqicketslind
sentinels.;. wis
,have fasted,, withse . l hungry i
i 44.41
heroes; we have
,pined and starve 'with our
ilViteated and murdered priecniers; i word;-
Vheresseethesflag'has gone s we, -the wholkatis :.
Otic :people, have marched , under its glo °us
folds!. _ • .• _ •
. s ~ . ~
' Still' ourl eye' has been steadfastly fixed
the central figure; the source of 'all ;authority,
and our ears haye been opened to, catch every:
word spoken by his.lips or dictated, by his pens,
for we knew that upon hia wisdom and patriot '
ismall 'depended; and that it devolved on him
to give the cast to all our policy— - : ,
And where have we found him? Ever at his,
, „ ,
pest ; day add tlight, summer and winter, during
Legislative Seslions, and when legislators` had'
gone to their quiet homes. 'No rest for him;
no 'travelling tours . ; ,no European trips; ;not a
day or hour tnhimself that 'he could ,call his
We have often wonderedwlien- he slept; we
-
haye : neiser heard of• banquets or even of ordi
nary meals. No man was *ever , more closet
watched Oaiine was more' completely exposi
to curious eyes, frieridly,and resentful.. •
,Ht
many unfriendly. speeches, and unfouned
unfriendly, havelieen made of him'l ' Yet *hi
poisesseds of a just 'and well-balanced min
unbiassed by passion or self-intereet, uninnoc
lated withthe poison of secessionism, has es
found anything to eonde,mn? Some have thent
him too lenient in his dealingswith the traits
ons, and on this head-I will offer a few Bugg(
tions. - , , , As
He was constitiitionally abhorrent' of blo(
He shrank from; directly inflicting pain`in
.any. sentient creature. • Bat Ilia , mincl*as .
preliensive; not eminently great, Perhaps,
:any one direCtion, but like Washington% s
,balanced; able to loOlS3und on every side
'subject, and thus; as if - through a glass held
an;angel's hand, to look far:into the futiire,
we cannot s yet be sure that he erred.
: — I aril' tibt prepared to say that, in his 6
lenient dealings with 'sympathizers, he did
!act wisely ; for, in a free popular, goverk
the amount of repression, to be, violently api
to the liberty of the press, and of speech,
oomes a , yerysgsrave question, nor, at•first,
the malignity of the rebellion suspected:
after thearmed traitor/ hadsucceeded in r
: captures' Of slstiffierchere and Uition'•
would, only-lardliiiitignrated bloody,
less retaliation tO'haVe'clealt:fult justioe
:treasonable in'our 'hands. • • '
Thistle was not-weakly merciful, is si
lin the Xact, that he - dill- not interfere to;
' where the clear laws of, war allowed of es
:tions, as insthessa4o)f :various spies and 1
. deroua guerillass,„*.Urerdon, the slave-ph
of Bealvand.Ketinedy, convieted of, arson
hung:in New .York.:
f:ile has not interfered with the Congress;
-laws of 'confiscation and disfranchise
'against _active rebels. Down *to the la;
ment, he has unflinchingly enforced'hia pi.
motion of freedom, thus digging up the rot
secession, and rediscing . the - rebellions fr
their aristocratic .platfOrm: to_ the necessity
Laboring like free-sell men for their sum
The only conditions of Withdrawing the lin
armies frompursiting and• desolating the Scs
that he allows, are the, disbanding_ of their .
miss and their unconditional SubmisSion to
Consiitution and 'the new laws that have grc
out of the rebellions - :You remember how
rebel commissioners were sent howling bar
`Richmond from the Hampton Roads' cos
erice I-Certain-grades of rebels , by his pr:
• motion, are exeloptedfroni mercy... Even : :
the taking of Petersburg and .11schaiond
the surrender 'of Lee's tinny, he made no
announcement to the South.; 'and testothe
treatment of prominent and-active rebels, i
have no word, from- him, yet Senator Hai
following 'the. Predident in 'his last
gapeech, in his' preseas, declared, that the
. ishment Of traitere.lay in the hands of
gress ; the Constitution defines treason,
those who. hatched the treason should s
the penalty." •
We may justly suppose it was also the
dent's yiew,, that s oittssa s sshould be left h
hands of Congress :`atir-liiisi:St that affair
e
notSrun far _enough us - to judge 'hi
this 'head. and condemn him for want of Nigh
and as to ; frequent arrests and releases •
any, good result; in the early ,d,ays, it is
considered - that much of this Was the
stork of subordinates, in which' he had
met hand. -
You;see how long my zeal for his mt
has detained me on this only'point, Where
sure, on the ;part of his friends, has beei
tered ; and as, ,by enemies, he has, note
standing, been. branded as tyrant and um
it is evident in what a cruel position he,
been placed, and how just is my effort, to ;
sent-these considerations for the guidanct
your judgement. •
Mr. Lincoln lived, labored, and died for
country.'`' He was as rnuph a martyr as the
dies who fell in aseaulting the' deadly bre:
.or exposing himself in the open tield s er
starved_or poisoned in some filthy South)
prison: - , 1
Association in suffering, where all are -st
sacrificing. breeds-confidence and cordiality
feeling.; and it is.be,cause,the.President; WIT
he might justly have clalined honor and ini
gence from his station, neither put in his cli
nor,thought of his superior position ; exseta
the sh,ape of ,superior ! duty . ..arid responsibil
that we, so warmly
.love him. 'All through
darknessssf past years vise felt that; he was
trusty guide.. He seemed to stand ever by
side. He was one of us, sleepless and si
ing, and cheering us tin the most dang:
hours. ' We knew we had a Congress and
net, armies and generals, navies_and admi
yet to him we looked; him only, in a
we saw ;, of
,his hand w_e took hold.
loved our country, We believed he 10 ,
more, and'wielded all his executive poi
what we, the loyal people, held dear •
creel-;; and touching and unanswerable
proof of our regard, that our decisive vii
are forgotten, and our brilliant national
pacts make no impression on our grief.
Let no mad say the President was not
Of perfect honesty and integrity Was
could have 'given no more decisive pr,
)lid he. In moral courage, in bold,
salon, who can. show that Andrew
would have done more? And if hour
Courage are not chief features of gn
- nothing is worthy of giving testimony
He went not headlong with the imp, ;;
he tarried not when the time of actions ,sot
He took the Constitution most strictly :Wl*
guide ; a Constitution that, for ordinary, race=
ful times, buoyed out a course in the str*let
ti
ter of instruction. But, understand, th -, lritik
every instrument constructed of letters, - Are
lies, a sleeping spirit that knows when to a 6;
and'is, in the Divine word, the letter, i . '' . iss
lain circumstances, killeth but the spi • the
true intent of the, document that had nots,f,T,
expressed in words,
_give* life ; so, from', ':-
~J
human production a voice came forth ,i 55,,,,,
ears : " See that the Republic receives --, i . : ',,, , ,!
, . ,
ment." . "The Constitution - is -made for the,
country, •
not the country forthe Constitution!" .
Yori alone can'save the Laws, the Union,
the National Government, and - that is the sole
object of the Constitution 1" ." Do it at all
hazards, and the. Constitution will uphold you,
the people to all generations will bless you: .
" Decline the responsibility, through seeming
patriotic caution, and. the. Constitution will be
trampled under foot by real, overt . traitors,
never to be restored, and you condenined' for
:weakness and blindness Unpardonable, to eier
!lasting disgrace !"
oar lamented President, forming 'no
theories of policy, studied. the "State of therm=
tion and determined what was needed:to meet
emergencies, and walked in the path ,thus
'Closely pointed out. He-had political spiritu
ality to read' his 'diity aright; out of the great
Insthiment of Freedom, : and his rough; strong,
tEr l o o e l hand . ,put in .execation-the dictates of.
and a braveleart.
iebbllibn in slavery:
irished it; . - and 'Wald
undoul3tedly felt the,
.of battling for our { '
mid yet, to appease'
malign - ant 'mien, bow?
)pressed .with heavier.
the area, of ila , verjr to;
iiikeltheir lot of bbild::
laves to 300,000 Styhth
a anan of ijustice, and.
raring, too, and heard
Alrnighti , whispering'
'ego 1" '7::
ring man proclaimed
Would have - turned
our 'darkest hours;!
rebellion Was .unsmit
were not prepared for
)Od, - men thought the
ie proclaiMed condi=
„ .of slaves;.
uNg bare the, deep fours
nth
-,..
nropitititet an avene
l him to our side, by
disarmed all foreign
or occasion of recog
memies, and gained to
devotion, the 'good
d millions, in the very
measure,• as a military
9f hundreds of thou
sOldiers speak. . Lei the
- ..0.-zslaves, in giving secret
thou, in guidi,. flying' refugees, in se-
Ad feeding ouVescaping prisoners, and
care of our Wounded - and; . missing
after the battle, testify: --' .
Most of all, see thetwisdom of the mea
i.the fact that when-the failing rebellion ,
ced to the humiliation of calling upon
spina slaves to' ftglie 'fol.: theiti . ; implor
e 'Whom! - they had deprived of every,
lel .me,ovl die l'' Abralittn.Lineolit
Lei ated and thwarted that measure,
C6.la - c'olorkii' reunit could be" - induced
iginfist - the' black-;' man'S friendito'aim
'.againci- the , . llovernment. ; lhat was
the.free, both white and black. z ..!.
iod - results of the measure prove its,
ionality, and its surpassing wisdom
sight; and Whetlief :the' Treaident 'read
i ; good fruita-,beforehAnd oi....nat,ithe
And moral courage he'displayed ,de
greitnees. We' .4 :4 ago accepted-the"
and` now, by f . olayred life,'are
found to ",carry forth. his wish. and word
to..our colored fellow-citizens.
.nigh what a checkered Week have We
;ere mourning ? the quiet that lays its
id
on shps of business, on, the pro
on Third'street and Wall street, and
orris; that shuts up theatres, that stops
Id 'closes 'restaurants and drinking
tears shed in:public, and - priVate the
red, the,nunate,guns fired, the houses
%leek, even . l,o,the humblest abodes,'
rgorgeouer or nnetpensive, the sine:
we - 11111y made the:scenes-of prayers,
)ns, and dirges, "in memorial-KC of
;hese tbkens cannot his adeounted'for
use Mr. Lincoln'was President It
lel grief, iktaltes more the'Character
sorrow, as if a grgat household •was
a father, most wort*, and most
'cted and loved. • -
, is! The nation is Ahe family; the,
is the father ; relations that could
arisen had not the Chief Magistrate
personal 'qualities to aitiabt and bind
lupe of his public purity. r!id you
a bribe entering his hands?- Did
of a Mt-a:sure taken, a fever shown,
good - of the nation, just from parti
le, friend? . It was his private vir
'as ,honest„,simple, unostentatious,
:hearted, wise, truthful, and just. -
zdful was he'of those families that
;d the
_loss of , fathers, or Bens, or
the bloody struggle.
gh .his public life' the Ainerican
the object of his intense respect and
you pot remember, in the early
Boning, the sleeping sentinel, and
iles in haste for fear the exeoutidn
fate; the reprieve ? . The soldiers'
Washington was the
,place of,his
irt, and on these journeys of hu
)w made linoWn he was 'more than
ion by linking enemies, and'on'one
lard, was killed.
Last decisive and victorious battles
• 'and Richmond, near which,sliots
dispatched - telegrams of success
'me, he is - said to have visited all
;. at. City Point, to ,have passed
ward, and 'taken every wounded
hand, t' aiving him peraonal thanks,
, for his bravery and 'sufferings.
wonder, then, that when the con
d. his foul murder reached our
liDg over their 'triumphs, it c:
loft falls? that grief filled toe
of sorrow 'overshadowed each
mance, and ill; suppressed utter. :
iation and vengeance broke forth?
mourned in every department of
it, ;military, and , dornestic.
mtricken, tyi s d the mourning is
Idadrimmon, When every family
.t; , and their wives apait. "The
Ae14,9 slain• upon thy high places;
mighty falleu I" "Ye mountains
'there be no - dew, neither let there
you, nor fields of offerings ; for
ald,,of the mighty is .vilely cast
ld of Saul, as though he had not
With: oil!" -
id reason to believe he was a
Christian man,
and' this :convic
who hold the Evangelical doe
, consolation that cannot spring
ideration of mere' public virtue
views of right, whilst the well
ion of his personal application to'
the lost for salvation saves us
and, to him, the worthless rieces
ig him in some heathen Pantheon
rods or giving-him.only the glory
•
.o,c i
in mortality. •
?pink of him, as being Middenly
h f l, indeed, on earth, but living in
& possession of joy. and glory, at
Weand ; made blessed, not , because
tiaod a President, but a true Cliris
&doh condition every real virtue
I
floe mourn the Nation's dead, think
'President belongs to us alone I
mull claim him, and as his character
ford with them his real fame comes
mete obscurity . under which, by
pdice and m isrepresentations, it
wit , _Ted, his name will be associated
. 11 ishington, and from the ends of
7 will come to his sepulchre !
might find it at Mount Ver
, of the first President!
I forth as a model ruler. -Should
I with his predecessor in' the
vast measures, even like hes,-
ust we use, to show' he-differ-
X•• ,ift:
MAY 11, 1865.
The.thonarchical rules of theAd world have
little - to do with real "governMent ; 'they live,
and eat, and drink on the public, as the aristo
cratic head of their people, •
He was a Working mler; and whilst he gave
personal attention to all affairs, both great and
small, he always aimed to 'be rigid and to do
right. Hii integrity was incorruptible. Ire
studied and found out his duty as Chief Magis
trate of 'a great and endangered 'people, and
whilst lie diligently exercised his own powers •
to ;the utmost; hp- leaned on the arm of Him
whe - giveth power to the faint..
• `ln our darkest days he publicly said :—"
hope of success in this great and terrible strug
gle rests on that immutable foundation, the, jus
tice and goodness 'of God; and when events
',are- very threatening and prospects very dark,
hope, that: in some way which man can
not see, Alt, will turn out ,well in, the end, be:,
cause our cause is just, and God` is on our
s id e; !:, .
But riot:alone -to rulers , does t .his 'example
speak.. .1145, is a representatLve ma% and the
;people, in, common places, in 'the old world,.
wtil firind ri a liiinfel'land. a gnide. They will
Isee that ;What; are called - high ., birth and 'long
;descent, are not;: necessary to,develppe,,the,
liigliest qualities of manhood, 4 . 641.
,as are 1 . : - -
.q . aired for the most dignified :and' responsible
.statiorimol , public'and-governmental office,
:ficient secure.,an nricensnrable:.adininistra7,
tion of the largeat interests at the moat Monientr -
Otfaltinie,s. '" ; -
:,Froin..hinl and the liistory - of the people
governed and .represented, they will discover
ahe Capacity of th e people to furnish their' own ,
make their 'Own lairs, understand the
deepest questiOns, holds togetherin.the
fiercest , F3t c rrqs, and rise from the most mal
pant
nt and giant blowa r more vital than ever;'
finding patriotism sufficient to furnish soldiers,-
money, and material 'in quitatity to meet all
demands l• .
14 mill be discevered that - we have been fight-.
ing the battle Of that 'great day of God All
; the-King of lino, and Lord of lords,
in whom he trusted, being invisibly warring at,
our head; the great battle of the world!
Against good government, fieedoin, demo
cratic law, learning, religion, and a true civili
zation, theA araitors arrayed themselves, 'nd as
we have gained the day,, all these standard
principles arersxalted with our triumph.
• The victory gained by - such bloody wrestling
in our country,peed not be fought : over, again
in every hind, and I indulge tnp persuasion,
that the people all over the 'worldNeeing what
people of the free-soil North can do, and learn
ing from us, will' claim their proper place in
Government, and 1110Ving in resistless .masses
and' bloodless', because' irresistible;' will take'
their just position in vindicating 'their
'rights! And. as- peaceful revolutions spring
forth, and civil ,and leligious freedom, partici-,
pation in Gm:eminent, reaming, labor, and
icheibeceme aceessibleto all; and the whole
;rearth rejoices, the Milne of him we Alija- day
mourn, ,being ;associated- with , their affluence,
we wills receive the just naeed of praise, of
reverence and love, Such as we Icidity . are
'paying. ,
We have, no / ifficulty in discerning already
the richest fruits' - arising to our Conn try and the
world froidthedeath-of-othere,Who have fallen
in; patriotic. sacrifice on the battle-field.
Shall we noldiscern, , and:by theloot 'allay
,our grief,' *that of the-felon stroke Which laid our
demented , ' President in:' the Aust; - God will
.make 'giant ::blow to. level in/ the dust the4ast
;remains of - lreasoninthe land, Mad of 'oiSpres
-mon in, the world - And thus shall it be graci
, ously ordained,. that-like Samson, the' serpent
enemies of peace,. righteousness,' arid good
government, which he slew at his death were
more than they he, slew in his life!
God grant it, and our hearts shall be come.
forted! - '
gauktro gmittro.
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