Show ABRAHAM LINCOLN I Rev He Elmer I I. I Goshen pastor of he First Congregational church and me flU of or the tho best besl known ministers fr of Salt Lake responded to the toast Lle Sl Abraham Lincoln Mr lr Goshen sla said said- When hen the record of or all al the tho centuries Is s written tho time c century will stand conspicuous for tor its Is tremendous contribution con con- mudo muae to the worlds world's comfort and liberty Stand at th the beginning o of the century and behold the scone France is i staggering under her t ter terrible ter- ter r- r defeat at Waterloo Frederick Alexander and Francis havo luno formed d tho We Holy Alliance and are arc seeking to stop the march Alance of progress s William IV V. V i Is dead England is struggling I with mighty ml economical problems extreme ex ox- ox-I ox wealth and poverty ire are taxing her strength and tho the people peo 1100 pie pic are arc murmuring because of ot unequal conditions across tho the channel chane Ireland Is Ls starving and she stretches forth her hor hands in Il mute JU to appeal app al Over the Lime sea sea the time young oung republic born n as ae asnon men non thought to lead tho the nations on onLo onto onto to Lo a sign of ot brotherhood and peace Is torn by factions liberty factions liberty 1 is lI for the slavery slaver few slavery l la Is for the many The Thc whip Is heard heart throughout through through- hout h- h out iut tho the land and tho the black man is I a to be bo bartered as dise And so the c century dawned D By liy the cradle sat Hope and Despair each se seeking to be nurse for tor tho the infant cen- cen tury Lury Tho Time clock of the tho ages tolled toled off ot the first years year of tho the new century and they thoy be began an to sound the measured strokes that that ushered In the year 1809 1809 that year that was to give to the world the er contribution since the birth tie greatest of Jesus Christ Christ What hat a galaxy of names What a treasury of ot greatness greatness great great- ness Great Greut On IIii n of f JJ Alfred Tennyson eth Barrett Drowning Browning Alred Oliver Wendell Wencel Holmes Edgar Edgar Edgar Ed Ed- gar Allen Olver Poe Poo Frances Kemble Cho Cho- Chopin pin Alon Mendelssohn William lJ E. E Gladstone Glad Glad- Gad Gad- stone ston all these were born In 1809 And then when the day of February February February Feb Feb- of or that same sanio year dawnet dawned there ther came info Into the tho earth scone two babes who to manhood manhood were tc to stand conspicuous forever or among th UK the leaders the tho liberators tho tic saviours ol or mankind ma Charles hul Charles Darwin the tho Emancipator Emancipator Eman Ernan of ot enslaved Ideas Abraham Lincoln tIme the emancipator of ot enslaved bod bodies I Standing now removed from thes two cradles by a whole century o ol or consummate achievement t beholding the thc contribution of or these two men who February can doubt that on tho of or ar ary 10 1809 there thore sounded something o ol ot that music that 1800 years before before be be- fore tore that ushered in that other child whose contribution made mado these two possible glory lory to God In the thu highest and onearth or un earth peace will good wll toward men Standing Loia today removed by hy on ont hundred years of ot momentous from the crude cradle that hold th child born In the tho Kentucky homo home or em orthe Ot l the l th of or February 1809 let us sod seel to gather something something of ot otic ic the tho that gave to Lo him his hla gr greatness ant and that made mado his hil life ute a a benediction to tb thi race Told only by date ln lines s and ani In mali mah malt events how ow simple is Lincoln's ph phy and how easily told toM Th rho Life ut of Lincoln Born in Ln La L' L Rue Hue county Kentucky Feb Feh 12 1809 In 1816 1316 ho moved will wi his parents to Indiana October r ISIS 1518 his mother died 1101 In 1830 he lie move with his hi fattier father and his step motho wih to Illinois in 1831 he mado made a trip b bJ flat boat to Now No Orleans in 1832 Ii In hI store and li Ii clerked in tho village vla o I this same year was captain of ot a com corn compan company pan pany of ol volunteers in tho the mack Black Dack war ivan in he ho was defeated for or tin tim 13 legislature from 1834 13 to 1840 hi h served in tho the state 10 legislature In 1812 ho he married Mary lary Todd in Ut ho hD wai wa t t. t r 4 U. U 1 J elected clotted to congress In 18 1818 ho spoke and worked for General Tolor Taylors Taylor's ele eb electon elec- elec ton tion to the Presidency In 1 ls 4 he lie la lai IB- IB IBi I II i i bored earnestly In behalf of or the an anti onU- onU Nebraska cf mo movement In 10 1 18 G Lyma j I defeated him hint for tor tho U. U engaged ed In the d dI de deI do- do doI 11 i Senate In 1858 he lie n 1 I I bate with wih Stephen A A. Douglas 1860 18 was waa a memorable year year year-in Jn ar-Jn In lie he delivered the tho Cooper speech In May he was nominated f fand fo tor I and In November November elected to tho the ire ireI I dency March 4 1861 he was j i sled President and made hit his wonderful wonder wonder- I ful fui Ui address on the of or April Apri of t tI the I same year he Issued the call cal for I I II I I men on March 6 he lie sent a P PI i CIRi message e to Congress advising ad t th thE gradual abolishment of ot slavery slaver o on April 1 IC C he signed sl the time bill bi f fo for forth j the tiis th abolishing of or sla erlln tho the DIstrict Die DIs- Di of Columbia Columbi 1368 1863 brought Li th the final proclamation of oC emancipation I Nov 19 1863 the Gettysburg speech Nov 8 S. S 1861 re-elected re President President Second Olt i Eighteen sixty five marked tho the ae second see sec ond onti Inaugural address one address one of ti th the thera ra test state Itne papers preserved I b history on April 11 1 he ho enter Richmond with the tho Union arm array army 01 on April Apri 14 H 1 he was assassinated by J 1 Wilkes Booth and was burled a at atI I I Springfield Illinois on May Ia Ith Ih 1 I This in brief is lS the time biography I o ot I Abraham Lincoln I But biography of or this sort or tI tin the appreciation of oC the tho history covered co rc b I such an outline cannot give one t tJust Just appreciation of or tho limo great soul tim tha that wo we remember today If I we will wil know kno 81 him as the time man ho he was we must stud study until we find the tIme underlying causes o Or I hit hh greatness f Wo We 11 may stud study the time anecdotal side o oC Lincoln and never know eow him we wela maj I study tho the heroic side sido and never ne fir I him for 01 If It we do 10 know him and If t w ii we wedo do find hInt It will be when seem seeing him in some quiet hour facing ti tin the f common clu questions of or his da day and ag agthe age tho the registration of or his brain and 01 ot otI I iii his hit heart hear proclaim him as he hc was an am and give gho an Insight into motives and and charI char char- actor acter I On tho the of ot April Apri a n caun canal boat was making ranking its IN Wo way from Illinois I to New ew Orleans Three had ha hadr charge of or the craft craf and the they succeeded suc suc- In bringing her in safety Into mt New Now Orleans Two wo of tho the crew had ha nothing to lo do lo for three days and the they wandered about the time city Ono Ormo of thorn them them Is 18 a tall tal raw boned youth 22 years o of age and he conducts conduct his companion from place to place The They finally camo to the tho auction room where slaves shaves are being sold They see fee women and children handled brindled b by prospective i bu buyers rs as the they would handle cattle tte o or or horses They hear the bidding arm and listen to tho the walling as families ar are They Thc turn awa away and go Into hit the street and then thon the raw boned d youth says SD's to his companion If lf I ever I get ct a chance to hit hf that tha Institution Ill I'll Il hit bit it hard b by tb tho Eternal God God V A Strong Institution It I seems 1 little tle l likely el that ever he will wil wil have mayo tho the change to hit hi this Institution that lint is strong enough to dictate policies poll poli pol- pol ces cies ies choose judges and nd select Presidents Presidents dents lents yet ct there in tho the streets of ot New Nev Orleans he lie stands like an old prophet uttering the words that carry crry in them then sorrow orrow sacrifice d destiny On the 2nd of ot July 1862 tho cabinet ot if the United States is in session The flu President t takes lakes n a paper from the desk ind begins to read it Is a n draft of or tho reclamation of emancipation AH As h ho he reads cads the time members of ot the tho cabinet look 1001 it at t each other In amazement This ad act wi viii Jeopardize the th political fortunes fortun 8 jf ot f every man in that room A hush alls aIls over the place like Iko the tho pall of oh death leath He who iho reads stops and says Gentlemen I have not called caled you OU to to- to ether to ask ack your our advice ad but to In ia lay he ici subject before borore you And nd imd then he cads On a ad d after atter the tho first day o of oi 1563 all ull ul slaves within an any tate or 01 states where the time constitutional of or the tho United States Stales shall shaH not then hen men be recognized reco submitted to and abstained shall shah thenceforward and be free tree Thirty-one Thirty yi-arn yi have havo passed HU c since a n aY oy Y stood In th the tho streets of of Now Orans Or- Or ans s and said rd thIt If Jf It over I t a 1 Lo o I hit hi that Institution Ill I'll Il lilt hit hit It IL i hard by y the Eternal God God G Great rca t Irol om ln Sd Sol d l. l Thirty one unc short years cars but Into them hadl adl been crowded the solving of ot a problem that thai centuries had had conspired to tomake make ake Into them thorn had been heon pressed time the sorrows arrows of or u a cycle and tho time destiny of ot n people And now nO toda today we wo gather ito fo remember ber cr er what we ought to remember to torget Corbet what wo we ought to forget to bow ow In humble reverence before tho the great rent soul whoso whose genius has made us great neat to dedicate our allegiance to the tho principles the incarnation of which w ve U know as Abraham Lincoln The There to was wa a little in tho time boyhood of or Lincoln to mark marl him from his fellows save ave In tho the thorough use ho lie made of or ofis his ils is scanty opportunities He had but two or three books and yet yot ot he became be- be came awe ain a mast master r of ot clear clear and vigorous English There was little in his after- after training raining that would lead leae ono one to select him tm to cope with the strongest men of or his lits is day Yet ho he Is the tho ono one man able to 0 successfully contest In debate with wih Stephen A. A A Douglas tho Little Giant of or f Illinois And Ana later he lie is the tho only man who could curb the time teT fiery will wil of ot Stanton I and nd compel him to remain at his Ills post of ot I duty Stanton at first sneered then thon despised then admired And nd when tho the little Ittle group croup of anxious ones watched at Lincoln's bedside utter after the assassins assassin's bulet bullet had done clone Its Us work work then then when the he heroic spirit took its Is flight It I was Stanton canton who said as tears str streamed I down own his face tace There lies les tho most perfect ruler of or men that tho world has haa I ver ever seen Been I of I Immortality But Bul how account for all al this Can Can I poverty a humble birth a 1 log cabin to 0 live lve In lu common people for dally daily daly associates lack of at school and social privileges can cnn these those things timings make asan a aman 0 man san to be Immortal and his namo caine a Q household word Or were there certain principles that in n spite of ot I poverty nl and amil deprivation nourished his hl life lre and made him great These two scenes referred to a moment mo mo- moI mo- I I neat ment l ago u the time one in the streets of or New ei Orleans the time other In lu time the cabinet room at Washington seem to me to reveal oveal the tho true character of tho tio man and nd to teach us the underlying un principles prin prin- that that made him great It was his absolute consecration to I the he rt right ht as us he saw it it I and his hla determination deter doter to stand for the tho right at nt any cost ost How this trait trai stands fourth Inthe in inthe the he Incident This manrae man was rae the time leader loader of ot that coterie who w were vere re reaching preaching peace pe-aco even oven at the time cost of or the perpetuation t of or slaver slavery le Ho He was dividing divid divid- ing us tho the North and encouraging ilg th the tho South He was arrested and up for tOl son sen tence once There came camo tho the big peace lenCO Ing ng In Now New York on tho the da day r of or May lay ny The Tho President was advised al almost almost al- al most commanded to reverse his ion tion ton There came a n state paper vapor that reveals the man This man wa was waa not arrested because he was damaging the tho political prospects of the tho administration ion tion ton or tho tue personal Interests of ot the tho commanding general but because hm h life was rae damaging tho the army upon tho time existence existence ex ox- stence and ami vigor of which the th life Ifo of the he nation depends He was warring upon ilon the tho military and this tho timo thomi mi military constitutional jurisdiction toay to tolay 1 lay a ay hands on him leOUN of or Long experience has shown that armies cannot be bo maintained unless desertion shall be bo punished by the tho 11 severe penalty of or death Tho case requires and the law and Constitution ion tion sustain the punishment Must Must I shoot hoot shoot a simple minded soldier boy who deserts eserts and not touch a n hair hall of tho the wily vily agitator who Induces him to doert do- do sert ert I think tink that in such a a case to sentence son son- tence enco the agitator a and save the tle boy boyS I Is i S not out only constitutional but withal a n great mercy What Vhal storms of ot protests this letter letor evoked yoked you J know now It I anta antagonized thou thou- thousands sands ands but I Lincoln I knew new that he was ivas WL I right and there tore he lie stood This fearlessness to stand alono alone for forthe forthe the he thing ho tic conceived to bo ho right was 09 I take I It ono of ot tho the eternal principles principles prin prin- that gave Lincoln to tho time world von d. d In searching for tor time the causes that made nade him great lot let us not forgot forget to give nive largo large place to tho time discipline that cumo camo from hard bard work Hard Hartl work develops de tie- the tho faculties that lend lond great great- mesa to artist artst jurist and statesman alke dike alike If U tho youth of today learn i r t tt S.- S. n f I fI nothing f more froni this centennial or orI o ol f Lincoln's Lincoln birth lot them learn ton thil genius is Js truly tho too ability for r her hard a I w work Jk and ml th that nt t borR I labor 1 consecrate consecrated crated I l and intelligent labor l is the t the prIce o ol ot I I everlasting success When len we o fin I LI Lincoln after a R hard days day's s work I In Ini n I the woods studying the timo t law few books bool i that ho he i had let LS remember that that he Ii I studied no not nol only to develop hl if head hut but that he kept ever er before him tim th the I II tru true relation of or head and amid heart 11 heart I bIleve after all aU that this Was on one of his greatest qualities Other men mci lot or of his day had hOd brains better botter trained and minds more richly stored but no noone not not I one had laid tho Limo rich heart henrt qualities that thin lie hu had tied In 1 Tarrying near this timi great soul roul today today |