Show If WERE VERE PRESIDENT NT TODAY Would Oppose se Oligarchy of ol Money as as- asHe He did Slavery Says Rev Mr MV Simpkin RUSSIA RUSSIA- FEELS INFLUENCE I Preacher Delivers rs Tribute to Christian President and I His Administration An th eloquent nt appreciation of or the character an and aims ainis of Abraham Lincoln Lin Un coin coln t ChrIs Christian an President form formed 1 the topic for Rev TIc P. P A A. Simpkin of tile tho Phillips Congregational church last evening e Mr Simpkin took as his hils te text tet t He Ho being dead yet speak speak- eth He lIe said said- In p part rt The Tho ninth ninety anniversary ary of or tho the birthday a of ot Abraham Lincoln has been bean mor more g generally observed e than any pre pre- ceding Tho rimo rho 43 years that havo have gone sone since tho t terrible night han whon he ho loft left tho worlds world's burdens h vo but served to In Intensify Intensify In- In the s sense oC or his worth and to strike t the c hole hoto of or his Itis J midway tho the hero that m made e him a d god demi-god ml-go ml and the tho scant sympathy sympathy thy gave gru grudging assent to his manhood an and genius So human I is he an and so near to tousia us usia in all 11 hl his 1 warm arm nature that ai ho Is beloved belo universally So divine dIvino is ho In the tho greatness greatness' of or his g genius genius' an and his his' upward that in that wide degree ho he is worshipped od for or all all- his jIs life meant to America erlea and an to tile tho race race One of or tb the People lassing strange It is that so completelY completely com corn should he be become tho the idol and tho the h heritage e of ot a a whole people Ono One who is both born bori amid amla such narrow limits and whose hose genius lifts lUts him into the of ot his time usually has his bis hs carler earlier humbler days ays erod co with the time rose glow of ot nut Cut Lincoln smells mol s ever of or tho the soil soi an and carries the tho to of ot the thc humility of at tho the loly lowly lowly low low- lo ly Into the pla es of greatness One great element of ot his power to grip men still sUl is that always s from tho rull ruth cabin of the tho te frontier to tho the Whit House wih with Us its Influence position and nr mastery ha he was professedly and In reality realty oneat ono one of or the tho people I Ono One cannot account for tor this man manon manon manon on stay any other hypothesis than that a generation has accepted od his endowment endow endow- eudo ment merit of ot genius and his choice as n an instrument nt of Providence Ho cHo was a t. t genius go lus In all all al that the time I term implies implies- lIfe Ills iIa mind was of or tho the monumental cast Education was as scant and ana literature e a limited thing And A yet fot yet with wih only the broken n threads of ot s tapestry In his Ills fingers ho was more nore truly trul a a. philosopher of or history than any other man In his hlo time Ito IIo le will wll continue to bo be tin a to bo the student oil on any oUter other baste basis thru than the tho granting 1 1 r at of MB tile peculiar U t and anil places at hands of ot rr Providence liono 8 situ elteto t to today tin tilt the conviction of ot Uncoil n thom In Sri tHa Q v white of of o rf ouro-rf Ur with tn tile ards of tho the fathers and ana ant whoa when ono Jko- Jko hike IlkO enjoy because bo bo- sees secs the tlC wo we cause causa of ot that ho br brought to such happ happy happy hap hap- p py conclusion ono One must give I think to tho the conviction that that In life Uto God mn made o the te largest gift Itt to this great gre-at t fzeo people And nd his bis life Uto was not merely morely morey more more- ly y a a contribution to America but to human humn luman liberty rho Tho speaker then v wOnt vent nt on to authorities authorities' showing showing that tho the South American republics and arid Modern fo ern Russia Russia Rus Rue sia owe much ranch of ol their progress p to the great gret continental system system- m which but buttor for tor Lincoln would woul havo have been divided against Itself Lincoln Truly Religious It I h 81 e n generally said that Lincoln Lincoln Lin Liri- coln colts was as not a religions man continued continued contin contin- Mr Ir ln Recent and amI unmistakable testimony to tho the contrary Is abundant ant Lincoln not a a. churchman was nevertheless deeply religious The Tho Bible DIble and ana prayer were the two great sources of ot his strength In itt 11 tho the heartbreaking heartbreaking heart heart- breaking days days' ay of or tho the war and amid letters leters un and memoranda o are abundant to prove this statement Ito IIo lived a clean stron strong manly life lre an and e In all al tho time term Implies was a Christian Christan Christian Chris Chris- tian tan gentleman genteman For If I the te spirit of ot Christ Chrit b be bf the test and proof of or Christianity Christianity Chris Chris- then was he ho truly tho Christian Christan for love loe an and pity and ana tender humanity seemed Innate In him It n is ours not simply to l keep a feast of memory but a sacrament of ot consecration likewise for wo we must sweep into I view w all al the too meaning of ot that for tor which Washington and ond Lincoln died ded The Tho gr great groat t Issues they held aloft we too must lift up AndIn that contest con eon test of ot giants in our time with wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom om we must take tako our sido with tho the force that is making mallus for tor eternal righteousness righteousness which for tor earth Is In in those standards of ot conduct an and those human relations ns that lovo love nn and justice judie and una mutual gla gladness nc s In lu t the te e earth If I All c hc bull I 1 fane fancy that Lincoln alive would be lie as strongly opposed to the oligarchy of or money lono as aa ho lie was to that of or slavery an and as intensely devoted to the effort to secure and continue to tho the common people that herla heritage u of Justice and common right and privilege for tor which con contention ton ton is 13 being beIng mado today For if It there bo be ore one ome thing thIne- unquestionably unquestionably true about Abraham Lincoln 8 administration It was as that it was a a. Christian ChrIstan administration that expressed tho the convictions of ot a a. Christian Christan people To quote from J J. Q G. Holland tho loose morality standing allo above to of ot party part politics above tho the maxims and end conventionalities 1 t on tc of ot statesmanship tes p leaving aside u all aU tho the indirections an and insincerities of ot diplomacy trusting the tho people leaning on tho the people Inspired b by the p people who in their Christian homes home and amid l sanctuaries gave ave it i their confidence this a administration of or Ab Abraham Ab- Ab r raham ham Lincoln stands out in history as the time finest exhibition of Christian du- du u- u I tho world has ever seen seen I |