Excerpt from The Death of President Lincoln: A Sermon Preached in the Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, Sabbath Morning, April 16, 1865 The father of this nation lies dead. In the President's mansion, at ivasliington, his lifeless form rests in the sleep that knows no waking: he has ceased from his cares and anxieties; he is at peace, while a weeping people bows be fore God in the bitterness of grief. From the breathless stillness of the nation, watching the current of events from the shout of victory, now and then ...
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Excerpt from The Death of President Lincoln: A Sermon Preached in the Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, Sabbath Morning, April 16, 1865 The father of this nation lies dead. In the President's mansion, at ivasliington, his lifeless form rests in the sleep that knows no waking: he has ceased from his cares and anxieties; he is at peace, while a weeping people bows be fore God in the bitterness of grief. From the breathless stillness of the nation, watching the current of events from the shout of victory, now and then interrupting the silence from the agony of suspense over the question, whether the transition from war to peace can be successfully made, he has taken his departure - the foremost man in interest and in responsibility, - he has laid down his office, he has gone to give his account at the bar above; he has gone, we may hope, to sit down with that. Jesus whom, he has said, 'he loved? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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