The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable.
Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.
If you live for fame, men may turn against you.
Sanctification is not regeneration.
Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl of things around us.
If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.
I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.
I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most ooundless conceptions, we are left at the same time ready, though our hearts be thrilled, to have our hands filled for deeds of benevolence and love. The happiest moments may be the busiest moments.
Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed.
Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.
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