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Show i,- - jn .. - r .iiqu-'- i oft w..iwi,LsrMW,-s,,tt- k p4. r,iip i,.kv;upj-ij-i ruL-4.- - v- mi The Sail l.ako Tribune. Thursday, December 23, - ii 4Jfetr A 1976 -- 3 The Presidents and God Abraham Lincoln Nov Emerges as Our Most Religious Leader Gcmtinued From Page One he said, for I know the Lord is always on the side of right But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and the nation should be on the Lords side." It was a perceptive, submissive distinction, devoid of the postures of those presuming to pinpoint Gods way. Yet Lincolns sense of its elusiveness did not to him lessen its mandate on humanity, nor deter him from hard decisions m pursuit of it. Brooding Melancholy We can but press on, guided by the best light He gave us, trusting that in His own good time, and wise way, all will yet be well, he said. A craggy, man of brooding melancholy and wry humor, of forbearance and determination, of plain honesty and deep compassion, he saw Gods purposes working in the complex events of history, within its mixed fallible motives. He is one of the greatest theologians of America, writes Episcopal cholar William J. Wolf, "not in the technical meaning of producing a system of doctrine, but in the sense of seeing the hand of God intimately in the affairs of nations." To Lincoln this was not a simple, obvious process, imposed mechanically on the world from without, but working inexorably, inscrutably within it, through the stumbling, ambiguous gropings of humanity. Purposes of Almighty" "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance, he said. At a low point in the war to preserve the Union, he wrote: I have desired that all my works and acts be according to His will, and that it might be so, I have sought His aid but if, after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me, I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purposes unknown to me, He wills it otherwise. If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced ; if I had been allowed my way this war would have ended before this, but we find it still continues; and we must believe that He permits it for some wise purpose of His own, mysterious and unknown to us. Rustic Schooling From the days of his backwoods, rustic schooling, in which the reading lessons were from the Bible, he immersed himself in Scriptures, and often had a battered, old family Bible in his hand at the White House. It is the best gift God has given to man, he said An American Isaiah Sometimes called an atheist or baboon infidel, Lincoln was alternately pained or amused by it. He fit no doctrinaire mold, but he dwelt steadily on religious principles, prayed much, and his speeches throbbed with the Hebrew cadences and quotations of Scripture. No president has ever had the detailed knowledge of the Bible Lincoln -- had," writes Wolf in his book, The No Religion of Abraham Ijncoln president has ever woven its thoughts and its rhythms into the warp and woof of his state papers as he did Lincolns perspective was that of the Old Testament prophets. A latter-da- y he has been called An prophet, "American Isaiah" or Amos or Jeremiah. The Great Emancipator." The Great Reconciler. Leo Tolstoy, the famed Russian author of Lincolns time, was so moved by Lincoln's anguished, dedicated role as to call him A christ in miniature." He came to see slavery' as a defiance of Givi's justice, subject to lus judgment m the tragedy of an internecine war that fell on both sides, but whose useful purpose was national reformation The will of God prevails, he often said, yet he claimed no certain knowledge of that will, onJy a determined striving for it m the conviction that it would succeed, whether he grasped it or not He recognized the enigmatic elements involved, the finiteness of human religious views, and also the ironies. He noted that both sides in war claim to act in accordance with the will of God. Gods Purposes Both may be, and one must be wrong," he said. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time." He said God's purpose may differ from that of either side, even though both serve as instrumentalities in effecting his ends. Both read the same Bible, and pray to Ihe same God; and each invokes His aid against the other, Lincoln said. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just Gods assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other mens brows. But let us not judge that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered, that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. Intimately Active Yet, to Lincoln, God was no mere impersonal, immutable power, but intimately active in persons and events. So strongly did Lincoln feel this that when he decided in 1862 to issue his proclamation emancipating slaves, he discussed it with his cabinet, then concluded in a low voice: I made a solemn vow before God that if General Lee (the southern confederacy commander! was dnven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom o the slaves. That emancipation proclamation a solemn came Jan. 1, 1863 recognition of responsibility before God and before men, Lincoln phrased it. He himself had long opposed slavery, which he saw as denying Gods intended destiny for the nation, a built-icontradiction to the law of its life. In the 1858 campaign debates with Stephen Douglas two years before Lincoln was elected president, he declared: "Created Equal" My ancient faith teaches me that all men are created equal; and that there can be no moral right in connec n Former CIA Agent Arrested by FBI WASHINGTON (AP)-T- he FBI arrested a retired Central Intelligence Agency employe on espionage-related charges Wednesday after an investigation of what it said was an anonymous note proposing to sell classified information to Soviet agents. FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley said Edwm G. Moore, 56, was arrested near his home in suburban Bethesda, Md., in The FBI announcement said Moore was attempting to pick up a package which he believed contained U S. currency. matter This de- veloped late yesterday evening when a package believed to be a bomb was found on the grounds of a Soviet establishment in Northwest Washington." Kelleys statement said. FBI spokesman Homer Boynton declined to identify the establishment except to say that it was not the embassy. lie said the package was turned over to the FBI by the Russians and was found to contain copies of classified U S. government documents. Boynton said Moore was charged under es WATER HEATERS fowler - Perfection S 30 GALLON 0 GALLON SO GALLON viil character, a Indian Here lies poor Johnny Kongapod Have mercy on him. gracious God KickajHH) As he would do if e was God were Joynny Kongapod The doggerel indicates an aspect of Lincolns religious conviction which he maintained through his life that God intended the ultimate salvation of all men a view most denominations sharply rejected. Lincoln had little use for the frontier fire-anbrimstone preachers, sometimes joking about them Moved to Illinois Moving farther west to Illinois, he split rails, did odd jobs, managed a mill, worked at stores, as a village postmaster, a surveyor, study ing on his own for the law. lie built a law practice m Springfield Known as a story-tellewho usually had some folksy tali' to make a point, he became a popular figure, served in the state legislature And you d r, of the southern confederacy. One said, "I think Jefferson in a scctionally torn nation, became president in 1861. Three months later came the attack war on Fort Sumpter, and tne four-yea- r was one. Surely, be wrote later, God "intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion, which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay." Pitch of Crisis Sometimes in the pitch of crises. Lincoln said he would go to his room, lock the door ami get down on his knees and pray. His secretary, John Nioolay, reported, "Mr. Lincoln was a praying man. Lincolns wife, Mary Todd, joimxl the Presbyterian Church, as she had in Springfield, and he went with her to servlet's, but never joined himself. Coupled with his worries and serious religious reflections, however, was his humor. He tailed a laugh good mt'c cine," and encouraged it wuth homey anecdotes, including a story attributed to two Quaker women conversing on a train about Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, president ami eventually, Why does thee think so? asked the other. "Because Jefferson is a praying man Anti so is Abraham a praying man." Yes. but the Lord will think Abraham is joking." National Fast Day In a dark period of the war, Lincoln set April 30, 1863, as a national fast day, lus proclamation for it sounding like a passage from the Book of Amos. It called both sides to their knees in repentance for sins and transgressions" that have brought on the "awful calamity of tins civil war. We have forgotten God," Lincoln said "We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and Hoover Park for $5o,000, said Bob Pagones. It was a rowhouso, done very well, with three bedrooms. It would sell for $11,000 in Baltimore." in Ed Dove, another agent, said that when he mentions prices to his clients, they suddenly fall silent. Theyve all heard that the prices are outrageous here, he said, bid they had the feeling perhaps it strengthened us." But in spite of his anxiety about the nation's fate and grief as the toll of death mounted, Lincoln never lost faith in the ultimate triumph of Gods will. Let us diligently apply the means, nt er doubting that a just God, in his own good tune, will give us the rightful wasnt true. It is true, of course, and realtors interviewed said the average price for a house runs three-bedroo- result." about like Uiis! Georgetown $125,000 to $150,000, Capitol Kill to $100,000 (renovated); $80,000 Northwest Washington (good locations) $90, 00 to $100,900; Bethes-d- a - ton (non-tra- $60,000 Second Inaugural Address His great second inaugural address, rooted in a Biblical understanding of God and history, includes 14 references io God, four direct quotations flora the Bible and other Scriptural allusions. In an offense" to it, he termed slavery God's justice that had brought on this "terrible war" to purge the wrong. fervently do Fondly do we hope wc pray that this mighty scourge of (tract houses) to houses), Arling- $80,000 $110, (XX) and up. House rentals arent cheap,, either: Georgetown $600 to $900 a month; Capitol Hill and Northwest $500 to slightly less; Bethesda $800; Arlington $300 to $500. war may speedily pass away. Yet, A federal grand jury NEW YORK is hearing allegations that high officials of the Central Intelligence Agency and the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. were involved in a conspiracy to fabricate and coordinate the statements they made to a 1973 Senate inquiry into ITTs role in Chile, justice department sources said Wednesday. The sources, who have first-han- d knowledge of the investigation, said that the grand jury was concentrating on the activities of Richard Helms, the former director of Central Intelligence who recently resigned as ambassador to Iran, and two ITT officials, Harold S. Geneen, the corporations president, and John A. McCone, a member of its board of directors who served as CIA chief from 1961 to 1965. Helms was depicted by one high level source as the current primary target' the jury, which is meeting in Washington and is not expected to complete its investigation before the Carter administration assumes office next month. Helms could not be reached Wednesday. and McCone At the offices of Gene-ethey were both said to be out of the country. An employe in McCones Los Angeles business office acknowledged however, that the former CIA chief had testified last month before the grand jury in connection with his Senate testimony. Edward T. Gerrity, a senior ITT vice president for corporate relations, said that the concern had agreed with the government prosecutors in the case not to say anything if they wont say anything. Officials said that the renewed justice department investigation has received specific statements and allegations about meetings at which participants of n from ITT and the CIA allegedly discussed and agreed upon testimony to be presented to the multinational corporations subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That subcommittee, headed by Sen. held public Frank Church, hearings in March and April at which officials from the CIA and from ITT repeatedly testified that there had been no exchanges of intelligence information or other covert contacts between the two about Chile. o, Want Ads DO MORE THINGS FOR MORE PEOPLE at LOWER COST than any ether form of advertising! Dial 521-353- sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Yet Lincoln also urged mercy and healing. "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in . . That spring, the war was over. A few days later, Lincoln told of a premonitory dream about White House mourning over his coffin. At Fords theater that night, he was assassinated. 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Hersh New York Times Service enriched and and multiplied D. C. Housing: Cramped, CostlyI Continued From Page One places to walk and a large tennis center nearby. I havent seen anything like that around here. Ihe newcomers want close-i- n houses and lots of charm. They want tennis courts, good schools, beamed ceilings and backkyards. They want safety. And they want to pay no more than $40,000 to $50,000 to buy a home, or, preferably, several hundred dollars a month to rent one. Fat chance, say realtors. Ive seen a man literally have his jaw drop when I showed him a house will succeed SIZES PARTS OF All KINDS TNI PRICE 15 ALWAYS RIGHT Spring, Md. 143 . on the death of a local LARGER Silver in magistrate c - pionage laws with unauthorized possession of material relating to the national defense and with theft of government property. He said Moore was arraigned Wednesday evening before a federal tion with one man's making a slave of another. This, he said, is inherent in the justice of the Creator to His with . . Nothing stamped creatures the divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on, and degraded, and imbruted by its fellows Yet Lincoln always expressed sorrow, not condemnation, toward the South in the conflict and was often attacked by radical abolitionists as being too mild. Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he was reared in poverty. His family soon moved westward into the wilds of Indiana, where his farmer-carpentfather and stepmother helped start the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church, which he attended as a boy. Avid Reader His total schooling amounted only to about one year, but he read avidly from the Bible and borrowed books Bunyans Pilgrims Progress, Shakes-peare- , Aesops Fables. He lined to write antic verses, and put down these lines r & -A? .TP t jrsj rrrr - A P 3 tsEasy The Diamond Store enlarged h. fjh OPEN N1TES j TIL CHRISTMAS Fn'ibmn Rlnro Mill Downtown, 129 S. 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