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Show Iffi LSEHfTS LIFE AS SEEN B? STUDENT SALT LAKE, Feb. 11. Society always al-ways crucifies its saviors, and the case of Abraham Lincoln was no exception, the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen, pastor of the First Congregational church, stated stat-ed in his sermon on the martyred president pres-ident yesterday morning. Lincoln In deciding mighty problems, was forced to contend with petty politics and jealousies jeal-ousies and obstructions thrust forward by small minds, a condition similar in many respects to that which tho administration ad-ministration is facing today, Mr. Goshen Gosh-en asserted. "Lincoln's words, 'If it pleases Almighty Al-mighty God that for every drop pf blood drawn by the lash, a corresponding correspond-ing drop shall be drarwn by the sword, we must still say thai the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether,' alto-gether,' are entirely applicable today," tho speaker said. "And today as wo face the problems, the terrible problems prob-lems forced upon us by the Insolence and savagerly of a barbarian autocracy, autoc-racy, wo should take the meaning of these words to heart. "If wo are patriots at all worthy of the term, we will go without food, we will bare our bodies to the winds, we will give up every dollar gathered by toil and sacrifice and stand by the government gov-ernment at every cost until this barbarism bar-barism is pushed off the face of tho earth and until liberty and freedom is assured every child of every nation forever." The Rev. Mr. Goshen reviewed the life of Lincoln and told of through what determination and steadfastness he developed his character and rose to be the first man of the nation. Events" leading to the outbreak of the Civil war wore outlined and interpreted. interpret-ed. Lincoln's greatness was attributed to the education which he secured through laborious and sustained effort, integrity, singleness of purpose and the co-ordination of the promptness of his heart with the reasoning of his mind. These characteristics made the awkward backwoodsman more than a match for the brightest and the most skilful debater of the ago, Stephen A. Douglas. Mnnv mon nf trnnins wsre irlven lo the world during 1809, among them being be-ing Holmes, Gladstone, Poe, Tennyson and Darwin. Among those who accomplished accom-plished most for humanity was Lincoln and Darwin, Mr. Goshen asserted. "Only he is educated who can feel as well as think, no matter what school writes his name upon the lists of its honored ones," Mr, Goshen stated in speaking of Lincoln's great love and his understanding of humanity. oo |
