Show RELIGION OF b THE TilE 1 iJ i j J 1 I Rev Frank Fay Eddy Finds ii in ini i Life of Martyr Many Manya T j a Sermon NOT ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHRISTIA ICI l I a n Deeply Soul Soul- 1 Morally Gr Great nt In Abounding Charity Charlt I The Religion of or Lincoln was lh the topic of or a orman delivered deliver at the per per- cr- cr j- j vIce of oC the lie First Firt t Unitarian society yesterday h by Rev nC Frank Fay 14 Eddy and andY coming a ai ae It does two days day before beCore f the Annual observance of oC Lincoln day it WM wn of oC un unusual Interest In terest and Horace Ensign s sang sang ng a R. baritone ban bari tone tono solo soJo entitled en U tied Forever More and the r Unity Unit quartet a sang ng tim tho anthem anthem Come Corne Unto Ale Mo Twenty eight schol- schol R an ot of the tho Sunday school chool SH received eLl k prizes tor or r six months uninterrupted ati at- at I 4 Ir Eldy y said lie he Preached preach l an annual Lincoln i sermon and that it was waa easily possible Lincoln towers above 4 tho the humanity of oC hi his hi time as a. a mountain moun mOlln- is tam tain In time the center of or a n quiet landscape and slut like tho mountain he can he be studied t. t from man P After AHer this gen gen- ural oral Introduction he lie said ald rollay 1 I have havo taken as a theme The Theof b. b of oC Lincoln Perhaps th least bust profitable wa way of or discussing this sub sub- lect Ji Would bo be by 7 the method of oC measuring measuring meas meas- ii hi his hig belles beliefs by tho thio conventional and aId orthodox standards of oC Christ Chris Chris- t Emit 1 To 10 o do so 80 would result In deny den Ing to Abraham Lincoln the time right to bo br called cullell a Christian Tried b by an au orthodox ortho- ortho dox standard he lie was not a it Christian x Yet let the dullest l of oC us recognize that this hum irian j possessed a deeply religious soul that nil all his hits motives moll were essentially fr religious Wo Yo are correct In assuming t limo tho p noble l le piety of oC but seldom think on the tho act fact that there Is not u lL cree creed l In Christendom to which he lie could I hone honestly Uy subscribe Here was a man of ot c unquestioned l greatness and great greut not only In mastery of or men und and discernment discern discern- ment of ot events e but hut morn morally great as 09 wellIn his hits abounding charity and kindly kind v I ly by patience Here hero was a n. genuinely le le- man If IC there over ever was one since Jesus Jcu wandered e. forth from mm rom his hi native nathe u.- u. village a prophet l. l If Lin coin cola stands by ly choice without the tho pub pah k ki of uC the lie church there must be something h J wron wrong either cither In the man or the Int In lii In- In t If It there Is a type typo of or religion lon which almost en entirely disconnected with vf Ui the this creedal tests teats and formal ormal observances 4 vances I of the Christian church as us exemplified ext ex ex- t t- In the life of this man ofF of F rm-o rm greatness It Jt Is Js surely worth our to Inquire Into Juito It H. d' d i In Iii lit hits hi early manhood while a l cleric clerk at nt New Now Salem Lincoln In fn com com- I. I with several other oilier you young oun UK men nen U 2 end pi-end read and V je j FO of Those These rl tl books helped l lo c imn mental tel emancipation I Jin has l r made a bogie man and amid cv g V I c oven uvon now bj by men menk J k Jl vol rc rend hI U a. H nn on or an nfl in reality U am J nrc many Jf tImid t souls soul his 1 m r r tc Mt ionic lo and anil brilliant 8 style he tins hns Inspired not wot u C v fc strong ones oneR with a C t. Dimple le faith fath which wa Wl nil alt tho the stronger for lor very vcr simplIcity Religion to many people appeals chiefly because bc of the tor 11 mystery in n which It Is ls shrouded They seem om to think the more moio difficult it its it's is o mado o of comprehension t the e greater reverence c It Is entitled to Such people people are like u n child trying to solve a problem prot- prot lcm lem In complex x fractions Thc They refuse e eto to lo simplify their fractions and conse con consequently e- e never arrive c at ut a L solution which can be understood A man like liker r Paine comes along mind and simplifies our t. t religious fractions brushes aside a n sea seaL seaf L of or absurdities and gives us a version f r of religion In all Its It austere simplicity When such audi a a. man speaks s the many m shout Infidel and betake themselves to the tho Intellectual woods back but some somo l I like 1110 Lincoln hear and understand and anel m i top stop forth Corth Into too the sunlight It illus mus- illustrates the text that Unto them that thatto to 11 4 hath lath shall shan be given for such me messages sages are arc strong meat ment for the thep p r. r f Strong That Attitude I. I This attitude toward matters religious rell- rell Lincoln retained throughout his bile life Yet it was not the attitude of an c. c irreligious man It was merely a process pro pro- cess cese of oC clearing away awa mental cobwebs Some people as s a result of oC the once of religious f liberals throw over and have not nott their Inherited convictions t I strength enough In themselves to real real- 4 iso Izo anything else of or a 11 positive i. i cr or In the way wa of or religion I T J With Lincoln however this was waR not the time what whal constituted true Let us sec see tJ 4 L L' L religion of ot this great and simple nn- nn i tune turc It was the faith which flowed J i from a 0 great groat motive That motive Is expressed In the thought of Jesus when I i he lie tells us that he who would sn save ve his hist t I life Ure must mutt lose It or when ho bids bid his disciples understand that ho who would i r I 1 be greatest among amons them mu must t become the tile servant of oC all The r religion of Lin- Lin j I i coin struck Its roots deep in his Ideal ld ul 4 I I of service That tiles Ideal of service is the tho time Inner master key that opens I I I sanctuary of his life Ure of or God Goel lOne He discerned a 0 great groat plan v unfolding Ho lio realized 1 that as us one who to play That I saw aw ho he had luul a R. groat part commission ho ILO accepted And In becoming becoming becoming be be- be- be coming tho Limo servant of all he lost himself him him- self eIt sacrificed himself but only In time thu deeper sense of realizing himself If It ho bo was a fatalist as some ome say eny it il was Vas sense Rense o of an Overruling overruling overruling over over- of oC his strong whose Ii instrument t Providence ruling with his rare In Int Intellectual In- In Given a man lie Jio was development and his poetic t that man a n. great and give sympathy such as Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- Ideal of or service absorbing nb cherished and tho the fruitage of coln coin Is la certain Witness the rIghteousness which chari char- char and tolerance n o Kindliness him with all of ot his hits Indomitable i resolution tho the tenderness and und pa- pa able blended with tho the working work work- which remorselessly logi- logi ing Intellect In C i legs of or an cab 1 en i nod ManThis Man religion and like Uko all aU real This was 11 In life ute its origin had bad religion genuine other way vay Belief Dellot or 01 It can come oe no will wUl never rn mako O a U ion belief of or Itself non belief religious or irreligious ReI lie lie- either man Intimately con con- n as J I La 18 with the perfume I f. f with a man as tide ot of life In the thc living U the oak or in time the fact it is 18 life liCe Itself and anti Its fruit oS Is righteousness of oC this fact act nessIn ness let tho u. life Ufe ol of proof In hi stand as a a. sub sub- American tho the greatest j limo object le lesson lelson son |