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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
Rev. E. H. Brewster Pays Tribute to the 
Martyred President. 
Lincoln’s Birthday was observed in 
Manchester last Sunday by _ special 
services at the Baptist church in the 
evening, which were attended by del- 
egations from the local camp, S.of V., 
Allen post, G.A.R., and the Allen 
Relief corps. 
“Abraham Lincoln: the Voice in 
the Wilderness,” was the subject 
selected by Rev. Mr. Brewster, and 
his address was one of the best ever 
heard in the church. His text was 
from John 1:23 — “I am the voice of 
one crying in the wilderness, make 
straight the way of the Lord.” He 
said in part : 
‘In the chaos and distraction of 
the days of secession there was but 
one clear voice to be heard, and it fell 
like an eagle’s cry on the waste stretch 
of a wilderness. The voice that roused 
the North — from its bed of jealousies 
and bade it stand guard over its 
arsenals and forts; that imparted to 
the South a warning of the awfulness 
of the impending conflict, until for a 
moment she shrank behind the en- 
trenchments at Charleston; that 
brought the flash of a holy purpose 
into the eyes of the listless youth ; 
that gave a new and more splendid 
interpretation of the sovereignty of 
the constitution—was the voice of 
Abraham Lincoln. 
* How strange the environment of 
this greatest American. Born in 
Harden county, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 
1809, he felt his way toward the 
light in that region of whispering soli- 
tude and the swift march of the 
Ohio. Lincoln isthe Lotus plant in 
America. ‘Is not this the carpen- 
ter’s son?’ the world might well] en- 
quire. ‘Whence hath he wisdom, 
never having learned?’ and yet, like 
Him of old, an angel had laid a finger 
on his lips, ‘and given to his dark eyes 
a vision of truth and power. 
‘(His strong simplicity is the char- 
acteristic that recommends Lincoln 
to our love. Whittling with his knife, 
playing town ball or charging a jury, 
he was ever the same, winding his 
way among men and things like a 
mountain brook, clear and sweet to 
the bottom. At Washington during 
the crisis of his administration, he 
hated any formality or contrivance 
which served to keep the people at 
a distance from him. He received the 
supplicant, general, priest, on the 
same footing of kindly interest. His 
love for his friends was touching, 
while they lived, and their death he 
mourned with peculiar intensity. 
‘“‘His industry was phenomenal. 
While at New Salem as a grocer’s 
clerk he eee Jaw and by dint of in- 
defatigable application won for him- 
self distinction at the bar. In the 
legislature of Illinois and Jater as con- 
gressman he put the standard of in- 
dustry so high it has rarely since been 
touched. During the war he was con- 
versant to the point ot punctiliousness 
with the movements of the army, and 
on his great map could trace each day 
the progress of his generals. He saw 
the flash that opened each struggle, 
and heard the last echoing volley that 
shut the door on that day and handed 
the key to history. 
“His patriotism is a complete ex- 
position of the patriot. He placed his 
country just behind his God. His soul 
rebelled against the sophistries of 
Clay and later of Douglas, though he 
seemed always to respect Calhoun. 
Of those who spoke loftily of state 
rights he said with inimitable humor, 
‘They think the big kettle should be 
placed inside the little one. He 
never faltered, even when the storm 
at the front was supplemented by 
wasp-like attacks from the rear, but 
held right on and hammered at the 
heart of the Confederacy. 
‘At last, peace broke upon the 
weary Lincoln like a summer day. 
The lines upon his brow had deepened 
with the lengthening of the strife, and 
with a sigh of relief he laid down the 
sword to heal the wounds of his chil- 
dren. It was then his influence 
mounted high. But all too soon, even 
while the plaudits of his second in- 
auguration lingered in his ear, occur- 
red that fatalest of tragedies, and the 
tall prophet lay dead at our feet. 
Then did the prairies sigh for him 
whose. voice should never again waken 
their solitude to song, while Ohio’s 
voice gurgled up from the swirling 
eddies calling for the dark-haired boy 
whose head had been pillowed on his 
banks. The Father of Waters rushed 
murmuring on, hugging to his muddy 
breast the shadow of the young flat- 
boatman who years before had follow- 
ed his current to the sea. 
“We cannot help but feel that had 
Lincoln lived the period of reconstruc- 
tion would have had a different his- 
tory, though in the main the great 
leader’s work was done: ‘He had 
finished the work that was given him 
to do.’ In the shadows of another 
Gethsemane, while the hounds of war 
lay deep in sleep, he drank the mar- 
tyr’s bitter cup. The Calvary of Lin- 
coln wrought the Resurrection of the 
Nation, 
‘And though the warrior’s sun is set, 
Its light shall linger round us yet, 
Bright, radiant, blest !’” 
Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Gilman of 
Boston were in town over Sunday. 
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