Show LIBERATED REMEMBER MARTYRED LIBERATOR LIBERATORA A representative e gathering rin of the colored col col- ored orell people of this city met at Calvary Cal Baptist church last Jast Dj night ht to celebrate the tho centenary of tho the birth hirth of the great emancipator Abraham Lincoln Tb The Tho little hell which i is USE used as a meeting meetinghouse I house by hr tho the church was crowded to tu it its door Man Many were ero turned away for lack Jack of room After the time singing of tho national hymn and tho the reading din of Lowells Lowell's Commemoration Od Ode by Mr Mrs 1 J J II Allen and Lincoln's Lincoln a favorite favorito poem I Why Should the Spirit of Be Bo Proud 1 bv hv Miss Gaidy Gaid Carter int interesting interesting inter inter- r esting sk sketches of the life of Lincoln were road read by hy Miss Gertrude Stevens Ste and Mrs rs J J. J W. W Dallas Mrs 18 J. J W. W wing Ewing and Mr Mrs Irs Dallas sang an a duet duel I Shall He Ho Never Ne Return 1 Rev Louis S S. Do Bowerman trman pastor of Immanuel Baptist church delivered the address of tho the e evening ening ning on the tho Life and aDd Character of Lincoln H He portrayed por por- traced d in vivid vi and glowing pictures striking incidents in the tho life of Lincoln Lin coIn coln which indicate the real character charac char character ter of the thc man Ho lie showed shoed how ho hoLin Lincoln Lin coin coins coin's s 's honesty his hirl purity of heart hart his flin singular devotion do to duty hi his compre comprehensive hODS C mental powers an and kindly spirit of love JOYC were tho the foundation stones of hi his courage and strength The rho address s wa was a memorable one and was iras as most most highly appreciated b by tho the at at- I entice audience When n tho the speaker described Lincoln Lincoln's a visit to Richmond I after tho the evacuation o of the tho capital of tho the conf confederacy b by the tho enemy and aDd with what 10 ny oy ho he was received ci by the tho b newly emancipated popo of that city there har dr in the tho hous house was hardly t a n dry eyo |