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 "A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN IS FALLEN." 
 
 FUNERAL ADDRESS, 
 
 On the occasion of tlio Fnueral Obsequies 
 
 Tlsr MEMORY OF 
 
 
 ABRIHAM mOLN, 
 
 Late President of the United States. 
 
 DELIVERED 
 
 At riaceiville, Cal.. April lOth, 18(>5, l)y 
 
 REV. C. C. ^W^EL AC K. 
 
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Placerville, April 20th, 1865. 
 Rev. C. C. Wallace, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, 
 
 Dear Sir : — It is the rlesire of many of those who listened to your late dia- 
 course-delivered in this City on the day of the obsequies of our late beloved 
 President, that it should be published in proper form for distribution. In 
 furtherance of this wish we respectfully request, if compatible with your wish- 
 es, your consent thereto. In conclusion, very respectfully, 
 
 Yours, &c., 
 
 F. A. Bee, 
 Ogden Squires, 
 T. F. Tracy, 
 Jas. B. Hume, 
 
 John F. Pinkham, 
 Wm. Jones, 
 J. W. CuUen, 
 J. M. Reynolds, 
 R. B. McBride, and others. 
 
 Calvin Edgerton, 
 D. J. White, 
 W. H. Rogers, 
 G. W. Swan, 
 
 To F A. Bee, John F. Pintcham, Calvin Edgerton, and others : - 
 
 Gentlemen : - In compliance with your request, I herewith enclose the Ad- 
 dress \o which you allude. Deeply sensible of its imperfections, as it was 
 hastily prepared, at a few hours' notice, to meet the requirements of so 
 unexpected and mournful an occasion; yet I defer *« your judgment. It is 
 but a feeble tribute to one who is embalmed in the nation's h^art, and whom 
 coming generations will delight to honor. I remain, 
 
 ^ ^ Yours truly, Chas. C Wallace. 
 
 Placerville, Cal., April 21, 1865. 
 
FUNERAL iDDEESS. 
 
 r^v'-UlZ'ATLiZt''"^^^ 
 
 An uiK'xpected calamity Iks befal- 
 len our nation. A terrible shock has 
 been felt thioiiglioiit the land, at which 
 we stand agliast, and know not whith- 
 er to turn, nor wliat to say. We seem 
 to ench otiier as tliose Unit dream, and 
 as tlie reality is forced upon us, a bur- 
 den of grief weighs us dnwn. Never 
 since the illustrious Fatiier of our 
 Country fell asleep, has this nation 
 been clothed in the sadness that to day 
 enshrouds it. Can it he possible 1 Ts 
 our faithful and honored Chief Magis- 
 trate uo mere? Was he indeed inlhe 
 midst of his vast and eminently suc- 
 cesslul labors for our country's good, 
 struck down by an assassin's han.i ? j 
 While yet in tiie prime of his days, I 
 possessing health and vigor has liis 
 life I een tyken I And »nu!<t we indeed 
 face the stern reality, ihat he sleeps in 
 death. We cannot be allowed to 
 doulit the terrible fact. 
 
 Were tiier.e room for disbelief, how 
 eageily would we fasten upon it. Or 
 could we restore the lifeless to life 
 again, how quickly would weieefili the 
 spirit to the inanimate clay, lint t!:is 
 itf not within our power. For ivise 
 reasons Cod in his in.<crutilile Piuvj- 
 deuce has allowed the ut-sass.n to coiii- 
 pl» te his work, and Abruhdm Lincoln 
 is no more. The loiil li;in<l el tre.i-..ii 
 which has been aiming ii.-- . nil, is ior 
 monlhs piist 111 onr iiaimnal lile. which 
 ha- brought to nntiniely graves our im- 
 blest suns and brothers. Ii,i.m at leiiglli. 
 by eowiirdly and sti-altliy ^tep ap-' 
 proached ihe Capitol of the'N.itiou, and 
 
 sought by foul treachery, to strike down 
 the leaders troin their places of trust. 
 By the interposition of Providence, the 
 terrible plot in a measure failed, but 
 not till one who has long been promin- 
 ent and honored among us, was as- 
 saulted on his sick couch, and left for 
 dead, and he who of all others, we 
 could least spare, was murdered in cold 
 lilood. Our Chief Executive was 
 pierced through the temple by a ball 
 which came at an unexpected moment 
 from an assassin's hand, and after lin- 
 gering tor a few hours in unconscious- 
 ness, -he fell asleep to wake uo more 
 until the resurrection morn. Would 
 lor our sakes this had been otherwise ; 
 but sudden, severe and terrible as is 
 the stroke it has iieen permitted. 
 
 \Ve are assembled to-day to express 
 our grief aud dwell upon the memory 
 ot our illustrious deal. And I ask is 
 there a good man in the country, yea 
 more, in the civilized worid. who will 
 not mingle their .■sympathies with ours 
 at this time, and is tlieie a bad man 
 who is not compelled to respect, if too 
 insensible to i»artaki' our sorrow. 
 
 And how shall we find expression to 
 our tlionghts ! Could wepause and in 
 silence coinmune w^th our own hearts, 
 it would seem most littin>:. As was re- 
 markeil by one of commanding elo- 
 quence on another occasion of Nation- 
 al sorrow— no less than the death of 
 the first President of these United 
 S ates, so we areVeadv to exclaim at 
 this time : '-The OUices of this day 
 belong less to eloquence than to grief. 
 
3 
 
 Wo celebrate one of those great evonta 
 which b}' uniting public calamity with 
 private affliction, create in every bo- 
 som, a response to the throes of au 
 Empire. Goil, who Joeth wonders. — 
 whose ways must be adored but not 
 que:tioned, in severing from the em- 
 braces of the Nation our tirst-bc4oved 
 patriot, has imposed on her tiie duty of 
 blending impassioned ffi-ling with pro- 
 found aiid unmurmuring siiiimission. — 
 An assembled Nation lamenting a Fa- 
 ther in. their departed Chief, absorb- 
 ing every inferior consideration in tlie 
 sentiment of their CDvnmon loss, ming- 
 ling their recidk'ctions and tkeir an- 
 ticipations, their wishes, their re- 
 o-reis, their sympathies ami their tears, 
 is a spectacle not more tender than 
 awful— excites emotions too mighty for 
 utterence. I should have no right to 
 complain, if instead of indulging me 
 with your attention, you should com- 
 mand" me to retire and leave you to 
 weep in the silence of woe :" but as 
 well as we can give utterence to our 
 feelings on an occasion like this, we 
 proceed to the task lo which this day 
 is devoted. 
 
 In the great exigencies of human 
 history, when great principles have 
 been in conflict, or Nations have been 
 struggling for existence, men have 
 been raised up by God, to accomplish 
 a special mission, and who in conse- 
 quence of their high endowments and 
 accomplishments shine out conspicu- 
 ous in the annals of the n-orld, Abra- 
 ham Lincoln was ordained of Heaven 
 to live at this time, and for four years 
 to hold the helm of Government in the 
 midst of a civil convulsion, such as no 
 other Nation has ever experienced and 
 wliich doubtless no other could have 
 survived. He was born into the world 
 and was led by thq hand of Providence 
 to the position he was called to fill, and 
 while we mourn his untimely and sad 
 end ; s-till his work is done and he has 
 gone to his final reward ; Moses and 
 Gideon, Cromwell and Washington 
 were no more raised up for their spec- 
 ial and important work, than was he 
 wiioseJoss we to-day so deeply mourn. 
 
 There was nothing in his earlier life 
 which specially gave the promise that 
 he was ti) be a Nation's pride and stay. 
 His early advantages weie few. He 
 was faithful in all tlie stations he was 
 calli'd to till, but who could liave imag- 
 ined that tlie i)ioneer,boy, building log- 
 cabins and making fences, or boating 
 on the Mississippi, was to become the 
 great liberator of the oppressed, and 
 pilot th<' Ship of State over the break- 
 ers of disunion iuid armed rebellion. — 
 He was however a child ot prayer, and 
 the sterling iirineiides wliich made that 
 inipr ss on his life, were carefully in- 
 stilled into bin through the instruc- 
 tions of a pious 111(1 ther. It was her 
 inculcations of the moral law in his 
 early youth, as he has himself since 
 declared, which gave him that purity 
 and honesty of character for which he 
 was so eminent, and if an "honest 
 man," as one remarks, '-is the noblest 
 work of God," he is worthy of this 
 pre-eminence. Through his own self- 
 exertions he rose from obscurity and 
 steadily ascended to the loftiest station 
 of tru5t and honor. So far f-om seek- 
 ing or expecting place or position, he 
 always shrank from the same, until he 
 was convinced his services were imper- 
 atively desired, when lieyieldedhis own 
 feelings to the wishes of others, and 
 accepted reluctantly the post to which 
 providence seemed to point him ; but 
 , whether as a Clerk or Postmaster or 
 j Militia Captain or Surveyor or Lawyer 
 or Legislator, he endeavored to fill the 
 place assigned him, with conscientious 
 faithfulness, and with all the ability of 
 which he was posessed. 
 
 At that dark period of our political 
 history, when the hearts of men were 
 failing them for fear, and the country 
 was drifting to anarchy, with appar- 
 ently none to stand in t'^' breach, 
 unexpect 'dly to himself, unexpectedly 
 to the convention whicli j)roposed him, 
 and unexpectedly to the nation, he'.vas 
 set forth as the standard bearer of a 
 great and growing body of tliis people, 
 and in due time was declared by the 
 constituted authorities to bo the duly 
 elected President of these United 
 
States. The hand of God was clearly 
 visible in his exaltation. Other men 
 who had been prominent and distin- 
 guished were passed by, and the lot, 
 as if by a direct interposition rested 
 on him, for he alone of them all was 
 set for the rising again of this nation. 
 
 Under a sense of his high responsi- 
 bilities and from time to time, invok- 
 ing the prayers and aid of the masses, 
 whose servant he believed himself to 
 be, he has fulfilled his trust to the 
 admiration and satisfaction of his 
 ' countrymen, having a second time 
 received the endorsement of the people 
 and been continued in the hishest po- 
 sition of the nation, from which thus 
 untimely he has been taken. That he 
 was the greatest man in the nation in 
 attainments and culture we are not 
 ready to affirm. But taking him all in 
 all, we do not expect at least in our 
 day to look upon his like again. He 
 was not a great genius dazzling us by 
 his splendor ; he moved in no eccentric 
 orb, impressing the nation by his ano- 
 malies and oddities, but was wise and 
 discreet, determined to aid the right, 
 and accomplish for his day and gene- 
 ration all the good that lay in his pow- 
 er. 
 
 He was a plain man, like us all, 
 neither exalted by power nor inflated 
 by honors, but every man's peer, and 
 every man's friend ; the lowliest could 
 approach him ae well as the loftiest, 
 and from no one did he turn away who 
 sought to gain his presence. Plain, 
 warm-hearted, homely Mr. Lincoln, he 
 moved among us all as a father, a 
 brother, a neighbor. Now that he is 
 gone, we feel we have lost not only a 
 Chief Magistrate, but one whom we 
 seemed bound to by the most familiar 
 and sacred tie. 
 
 But while he had the peculiar faculty 
 of living with and among the peoi)le 
 he was also eminently endowed witli 
 those qualities wbicli have made him so 
 renowned as a Stattsmnn and Leader. 
 Possessed of remarkable purity and in- 
 tegrity of chanacter, he was also a man 
 of strong mind and clear judgment. — 
 He was a thinker for himself, and not 
 
 a mere receptacle and retailer of other's 
 thoughts. He was always open to con- 
 victions and ready to hear and use 
 suggestions from any source, but after 
 all he used his-own judgment and ful- 
 filled the convictions and conclusions 
 of his own mind. He grasped and 
 mastered every question which came 
 before hira, and acted not from impulse 
 but from a candid desire to secure the 
 highest welfare of the nation he serv- 
 ed; And whatever mistakes mgy have 
 attended his administration, there is no 
 one who will arraign his intention to 
 have done that which was best on the 
 whole. And as we review his various 
 utterances and the several State papers 
 which came from his hand, they are 
 f-tamped with a maturity of judgment 
 which the annals of the future will in- 
 scribe, few have equalled, and none 
 excelled. He was possessed with an 
 unusual degree of good common sense, 
 or in other words the faculty which led 
 him, to adopt at once that which was 
 right and sensible because it was right 
 and sensible. He was moved by right 
 principle as well as by argument, and 
 was keenly alive to the fitness of things, 
 despising sophistry and gilding. He 
 looked at all matters in their naked- 
 ness, probing them to the core and 
 gained the solution of the intricate 
 problems which surrounded him. — 
 When he spoke, his views were a final- 
 ity, and at his word how often were un- 
 solved problems made clear. Coming 
 upon the stage of responsibility at such 
 a time as this, he has kept the leader- 
 ship of the nation, and his mind so 
 clear, so grasping, has led us forth to 
 the broad light we now enjoy. 
 
 In addition to this maturity and 
 soundness of judgment, all his other 
 endowments were evenly developed. — 
 He was firm without being obstincte. 
 yielding without being given to waver- 
 ing or weakness. He was just to all, 
 yet of great leniency and kindness. — 
 In other words his character was not 
 one of strong points attteuded with 
 corresponding weak ones, but the 
 sterner and milder virtues, had equal 
 scope and play. The marks of true 
 
greatness shone resplendent in all his 
 acts. 
 
 But more than all he was a true 
 patriot. All liis a^ifts ;incl acquire- 
 ments he voluiitarilj- j'iclilecl up to the 
 one purpose oC preserving this nation 
 from division and ruin. He came to 
 the highest seat of the nation, hoping 
 and even believing th(M-e would be no 
 forcible attempt at disunion. 
 
 On his way to be inaugurated, he 
 stated his conviction, " tliat time, pa- 
 tience, and a reliance on that God who 
 has never forsaken this people, would 
 bring about a settlement of all difficul- 
 ties." He said, •' Let this people on 
 both sides, keep, their self-possession, 
 and just as other clouds have cleared 
 away in due time, so will this great na- 
 tion continue to prosper as heretofore."' 
 
 Contrary to his own exjiectation, the 
 turbulent spirit of treason was not con 
 tent to be soothed by conciliating words 
 and acts, and the storm which had been 
 gathering, burst forth with stunning 
 jfury. From this time onward, his 
 course was fixed, that whatever might 
 be the sacrifice in treasure and pre- 
 cious life, it must be given, and the 
 Government preserved. For four 
 years he has stood firm, and cheerful 
 amid the smoke and din of the conflict, 
 holding the confidence of the nation 
 without interruption, and leading forth 
 the marshaled hosts from conquest to 
 conquest, until at length he was per- 
 mitted to see the dawning of complete 
 triumph. Against enemies at home 
 and enemies abroad, he has preserved 
 the integrity of the nation under the 
 guidings of Providence, so that with 
 all the immensity of the work which 
 has been prosecuted, there is naught 
 to sully our good name, or lead us to 
 blush with shame before any nation 
 or people on the earth. JNever did a 
 nation under any similar circumstances 
 endure such a strain,, or stand so fair, 
 so righteous, so true to aims and prin- 
 cipls, as this nation has stood during 
 its fiery trial, and to no human aid are 
 we so ranch indebted as to the modera- 
 tion, integrity and ability of Him who 
 knew no ambition but to see his coun- 
 
 try saved, and his people united and 
 prosperous. "^ 
 
 As the intentions and malignity of 
 the conspiracy were developed, lie was 
 oqutil to the hour lor which he was 
 called to watch on the ramparts of lib- 
 erty. 
 
 He had long seen the dr'ft of events, 
 and even oefore it was declared by one 
 of our ripest statesmen that an " irre- 
 pressible conflict" was begun, he had 
 expressed his views in the following 
 prophetic language : 
 
 " A house divided against itself can- 
 not stand. I believe this Government 
 cannot permanently endure half slave 
 and half free. I do not expect the 
 Union to be dissolved. I do not ex- 
 pect the house to fall, but I do expect 
 It will be cease to be divided. It will 
 become all one thing or all the other." 
 
 He little supposed at that time that 
 from the highest seat of the nation as 
 Commander in Chief of the armies of 
 the nation he would himself issue the 
 decree by means of which the total ab- 
 rogation of the foul spot upon our na- 
 tional escutcheon would be effected. — 
 On his way to be inaugurated he paused 
 at Philadelphia to assist at the raising 
 of the flag on Independence Hall, he 
 then remarked — "I have often inquired 
 of myself what great principle or idea 
 it was that kept this Confederacy so 
 long together. It was not the mere 
 matter of the separation of the Colonies 
 from the mother land, but that senti- 
 ment of the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence which gave liberty not alone to 
 the people of this country but I hope 
 to the world for all future time. It 
 was that which gave promise, that in 
 due time the weight would be lifted 
 from the shoulders of all men. This is 
 a sentiment embodied in the Declara- 
 tion of Independence. Now my 
 friends can this country be saved 
 on that basis ? If it can, I will 
 consider myself one of the happi- 
 est men in the world if I can help to 
 save it. If it cannot be saved on that 
 basis, it will be truly awful. Rut if 
 this country cannot be saved without 
 giving up that principle, I was about 
 
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 to Ray that I would rather be as!?assiu- 
 atod'dii this sjjot thnn surrciuler it." 
 
 Nohlf language — the oiitburstings of 
 a pure and patriot heart. He was at 
 leugtli as^iassiIlated on anotlier spot; 
 butnot to mourn that liberty was given 
 np, or the country destroyed, for I'rom 
 his own hands, both liberty had re- 
 ceived a new emjjhasis and a newconi- 
 missioT, and the country been brought 
 through the crisis of its danger. 
 
 Thus when the fulness of time was 
 come, the power and might of this 
 great Nation was pledged to break ev- 
 ery yoke and let the o[)press'-'d go free. 
 Would tiiat he might have lived to have 
 seen the frnits of his work, in a re- 
 united and re-generated country — but 
 wherever the voice of liberty shall be 
 heard, his name will be precious*; it 
 will np> er be forgotten by those who 
 tread this free and l)lood-consecrated 
 soil ; It will lie meiitioirHl in times to 
 come, on the battle-fields and amid the 
 homes of other continents, and all ages 
 shall ])ronounce blessings on his name. 
 As long as this Repui lie shall endure, 
 it will be a Monument to his vir ues 
 and his fame, and tide by side with our 
 immortal Washington, its founder, Lin- 
 coln, its preserver, will de.^erve and 
 receive the homage of the world. 
 
 Throughout his whole official career, 
 the transparciiLT and noiilf.iess of his 
 purpose has flioiie. He has nt-ver ut 
 tered an unkind word ;igaiust those 
 who were waging luad and relentless 
 war against the Governiiu'iit which had 
 nourished them ; he had no malevo- 
 lence or enmity m his heart; he gave 
 the key note to his feelings in those 
 memorable words with which he closed 
 his first inaugural. 
 
 Said he, "you can have no conflict 
 without being yourself the aggressors — 
 you can have no oath registered in 
 heaven to destro)' the Government, 
 while I shall have tiie most solemn one 
 'to preserve, psotect and defend it.' — 
 We are not enemies but friends ; We 
 must not be enemies, though passion 
 may Jiave strained, it must not break 
 our bonds of allection. The mystic 
 cords of memory stretching from eve- 
 
 ry battle field and patriot grave, to evo- 
 ry living heart and hearth-stone over 
 all this broad land, "ill yet swell the 
 chorus of the Uwion, when again 
 touched, as surely they will be by the 
 better angels of our nature " 
 
 Such was the language which this 
 most noble, most generous of hearts 
 gave forth as the sincere expression 
 of his feelings. During all this bitter 
 contest, while confronting the armed 
 legions of conspiracy with all the pow- 
 er which he could summon, at the same 
 time he has sought and prayed that 
 they might come to a better mind. 
 
 Seldom has the world seen so self- 
 poSoCtsed. so magnanimous a mind. — 
 He couh! not feel enmity in his own 
 soul, and sought to remove it from the 
 breasts of others. He had fierce re- 
 vilers and nialigners throughout the 
 free North, his motives were iraduced, 
 his acts misrepresented, and vile oblo- 
 quy poured upon hinr, but he never 
 w;ss concfrned a moment in view of 
 this. He was strong in the conscious- 
 ness of his own rectitude, and hence 
 Ik- could say as he diit on hearing of 
 his re-election : " I am thankful to 
 God bir this approval of the people, 
 but while deeply grateful for this mark 
 of their confidence in me, if I know my 
 heart, my graiitude is free from any 
 taint of [lersonal triumph. Idonotim- 
 pugn tile motives of aii_v one opposed to 
 me. It is unpleasant to me to triumph 
 over any one, but i give thanks to the 
 Almighty for this evidence of the peo- 
 ple's resolutidu to stand by a free gov- 
 ernment, and the rights of humanity." 
 
 His whole career shines conspicuous 
 in view of his large heartedness and 
 forgiving spirit. His very last act was 
 one of kindness and leniency, such as 
 no consjiiracy ever before received. — 
 No ar.ny of traitors ever before were 
 allowed such terms as were granted to 
 the flower of the rebellion. But while 
 his hand was still stretciied out in the 
 greatness of his mercy — ere his voice 
 111 the counsels of the Cabinet had 
 scarce ceased its pleading, for those 
 whom he termed " deluded and mis- 
 guided."— Alas I Alas! the fatal ball 
 
is sent bj tlio hand of one to Trhom he 
 was oxtenJing clcmenc}' ami pardon, 
 and he wlio was praying to God and to 
 his connfrym 'n, " forgive them, thev 
 know not wliat they do," himself fiills 
 the costliest sacriiice. wliich tlie nation 
 has rendered up to tliis unparalleh'd and 
 inhuman C()n>*piracy. All ! our noble 
 Chief! How many would gladly have 
 taken tliy place and fallen in tiij stead i 
 How many v ould have stood about thee 
 as a shield to keep thee from harm, had 
 thy life been known to have been in 
 jeopardy. But no ! it was not given 
 to us to know this, and now we can 
 only weep over thy corpse, and cover 
 thy grave with our benedictions and our 
 tears. 
 
 • My friends can we love treason any 
 better, as we look on the pale corpse of 
 him who looks upon us no more, who 
 counsels us no more ? No ! let tliis 
 murder, this true child of traitors, be 
 borne by those on whom rests the re 
 sponsibility of this deed. Let the 
 South, who liave long aimed their death 
 strokes at the Union, now reflect they 
 have struck down our leader — tliougii 
 the Union surviv.es Let the multi- 
 tudes all about us who have been sfab- 
 bing our Government by "the issues of 
 treason from the press, who have as- 
 sailed her by words and deeds, yes who 
 could not rejoice over our Union Vic- 
 tories, but mourned when rebellion was 
 driven to the wall, lei them bear 
 now their share in this plot of hell, and 
 remember tiiere is Mood upon their 
 skirts. But dreadful as tiiis event is — 
 harrowing as it may be to our feelings 
 — while wicked men have meant it foi 
 evil, doubtless God has allowed it for 
 good. It is through sacrifices that we 
 have been brought as a Nation to val- 
 ue our inheritance, and now the bright- 
 est sacrifice has been given, and by the 
 memory of the brave who have fallen 
 on many fields, by the ineinoiy of him 
 who now smiles upon us from the skies 
 — shall we noc as a countiy receive a 
 new baptism for Liberty and for Union. 
 Yes, my fellow citizens, there is a 
 bright destiny awaiting us. As the 
 fires of martyrdom scattered the seeds 
 
 ot the Church and made her invinci- 
 ble, so by this martyrdom of our Chief, 
 will this Nation arouse to a new life 
 and a new achievement. His spirit 
 will hover over and animate this Na- 
 tion, — his example and viitues will 
 guide us — though he is dead he yet 
 Jives, and there is no patriot but feels 
 the impress of his influence. 
 
 Yon remember those meinor.able 
 words of his at Gettysburg Cemetery, 
 when moving slowly, he glanced over 
 the long outstretched crests on which 
 had latelv raged the storm of battle, 
 then faced his audience ; a fresh tide 
 of feeling struggled in that great 
 wa^in heart — the figure straightened 
 taller than before, and with strong and 
 tremulous voice he uttered the firs: sen- 
 tence of his terse and nusurpassed ad- 
 dress : 
 
 "We cannot consecrate nor lialhuv 
 this ground' Thr hrave men living 
 ami diuii who srnii;'^li'(i lifiv, liave con- 
 secrated it far aiwivv our power lo add 
 or <l<-tra«t. Tin- wm-ld will hut little 
 note nor long reun-niber what we say 
 here. Init it can m-ver foriret what they 
 did here. It is for us the living rath- 
 er to be re-dedicated to the finished 
 work which they have thus far so no- 
 bly (tarried on." ** 
 
 Let these words from those lips now 
 silent in death - from that IVirm now 
 side by side with the patriot dead — 
 iiencefortii be our rallying cry — " It is 
 h)r lis the liviirg to be re dedica'ed tliis 
 day to tile finished work our illustrious 
 de<id have so nobly begun." 
 
 The work will go on. He who rais- 
 ed up and for four years spared to us 
 tills leader — will raise up and qualify 
 other instruinents. Jehovah lives and 
 His throne is secure. He will be our 
 God even unto the end. This republic 
 which has stood the shock of civil strife, 
 wliicii can ev(^ stand firm though our 
 le.':der is stricken by an assassin's 
 hand, will stand through coming ages, 
 — the glory of those who have suti'ered 
 for her — and the joy of the down-trod- 
 den and suffering of all lands. 
 
 Bef.re drawing these remarks to a 
 close, let me brieSy revert to one other 
 
fact in the life of this great man. He 
 was not only great, he was also good. 
 He had the prayers and instructions of 
 a pious mother, whose teachings and 
 example he cherished among the most 
 precious memories of his life. He nev- 
 er made a public profession of religion, 
 still he indulged the hope of pardon 
 through a Saviour's blood. It is pain- 
 ful to many minds that death should 
 have arrested him while in attendance 
 at the theatre. It is not the place to 
 which eminent Christians are accus- 
 tomed to resort, but he justified him- 
 self as it has been stated, on the ground 
 that it affurdt'd him relaxation from the 
 cares and respousibihties of office. 
 
 He was a constant attendant upon 
 church with his family, and was hearti- 
 ly interested in all efforts to promote 
 true piety. From the time that he en- 
 tered upon his duties as Chief Magis- 
 trate, he evinced a profound sense of 
 dependence upon God, which is shown 
 in his various utterances and reconi- 
 luendations. It is reliably affirmed 
 that daily from 5 to 6 o'clock in the 
 morning, he was accustomed to spend 
 an hour in prayer and reading the 
 scriptures. But in addition to many 
 other evidences which might be enu- 
 merated showing his interest in relig- 
 ion, the following fact is from an au- 
 thentic source : 
 
 A gentleman who visited "Washing- 
 ton on business with the President, on 
 leaving home, was requested by a 
 friend to ask Mr. Lincoln ivhether he 
 loved Jesus. The business being com- 
 pleted, the question was kindly asked ! 
 —the President buried his face in his 
 handkerchief, turned away and wept. 
 At length he turned and said : "When 
 I left home to take this Chair of State, 
 I requested my countrymen to pray for 
 me — I was noi then a christian. When 
 my son diod — the severest trial of ray 
 life— I was not a christian. But when 
 I went to Gettysburg and looked upon 
 the graves of our dead heroes who had 
 fallen in defence of their country, I 
 then and there consecrated myeelf to 
 Christ — / do love Jesus. 
 
 As a weeping Natmn assembles 
 around his open tomb to-day to lower 
 the lifeless remains to their last resting; 
 
 what comfort comes to us in these 
 words, •' / do love Jesus. ''^ He who 
 was so conspicuous in all virtues and 
 endowments, was not wanting in the 
 possession of tiiat highest of virtues 
 unpossessed of which all others must 
 tarnish and lose their splendor. He 
 had realized the value of the Chris- 
 tian's hope, and had secured his perso- 
 nal salvation. And while we mourn 
 his loss to-day, hi? spirit, we believe, 
 rejoices amid the ransomed ones in glo- 
 ry. 
 
 Truly a Prince and a Great Man has 
 fallen. "iVhcn shall we look upon his 
 like again ? Weep, sons and daugh- 
 ters of theXation. Weep, ye brave 
 soldiers and ye stout-hearted men ; 
 the man we mourn to-day, was worthy 
 of our grief. Enshrine bis memory in 
 tlie inmost shrine of your hearts. — 
 Teach his virtues to your children that 
 they may in turn teach them to theirs. 
 Let his words which he spake while yet 
 among us, become as household words, 
 and let his acts be our incentive to 
 higher aims and endeavors. May his 
 mantle rest on those who shall succeed 
 him in the Chair of State, and may 
 his associates in power, and those who 
 are exalted in the land, receive of his 
 spirit, and emulate his worth. And 
 may God defend us all from the power 
 and malice of wicked men. 
 
 " Thy throne, God, is forever and 
 ever." Princes may die and the great 
 of the earth be cut off— but none can re- 
 sist Thee or thwart thy purposes. God 
 of our fathers, be our God, and the 
 God of all our rulers and our children's 
 God. Thou art our refuge and our 
 hope, the pillar of our strength, the 
 wall of our defence, and our unfading 
 glory. 
 
 " And devout men carried Stephen 
 to his burial, and made great lamen- 
 tation over him." So would we bear 
 our martyred leader to his silent grave 
 amid a nation's lamentations and tears. 
 
 Beloved one, farewell ! 
 
 " Peacefully lay him down to rest, 
 Place the turf kindly on his breast; 
 Sweet is the slumber beneath the sod, 
 lile the pure soul is resting with God. 
 
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 "Quietly sleep, beloved one, — 
 Rest from thy toil, thy labor is done. 
 Rest tiU the trump from the opening skief 
 Bid theo from dust, to glory arise," 
 
Upon the receipt of the moarnful intelligence of the death of President 
 Lincoln, our citizens immediately made arrangements for paying to the mem- 
 ory of our great and beloved Chief Magistrate a testimorial of their admira- 
 tion for his virtues and their aflBiction in his cruel and most wicked death. 
 
 As a tribute of respect and a lasting evidence of their aflfectiouate remem- 
 brance Funeral Obsequies of a most imposing character were had •♦ in memo- 
 riam." A procession numbering nearly fifteen hundred persons followed the 
 hearse which was itself accompanied by thirty-sis gentlemen, as pall-bearers, 
 suitably dressed in mourning. The hearse was also very handsomely and 
 appropriately draped with flags. All the Military and Fire Companies, Civic 
 Societies, Members of the Bar, Judiciary, City and County Officers and Citi- 
 zens generally united in the ceremonies ; after proceeding through the principal 
 streets of our city, the procession halted at the place selected for the delivery 
 of the Funeral Address, (by invitation extended) by Rev. Mr. Wallace. It were 
 enperfluous to speak of its merits' as all v,ho heard it were fully impressed with 
 the eloquent tribute to the great departed, and those who now read will, we are 
 assured, accord to it all and more than we claim for it. 
 
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