WttiV 
 
JNCOLN ROOM 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 LIBRARY 
 
 MEMORIAL 
 
 the Class of 1901 
 
 founded by 
 
 HARLAN HOYT HORNER 
 
 and 
 
 HENRIETTA CALHOUN HORNER 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2012 with funding from 
 
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
 
 http://archive.org/details/abrahamlincolnasOOwarr 
 
Photographed especially for this work. 
 
 STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, IN MARBLE, BY DANIEL CHESTER 
 FRENCH IN THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON. D. C. 
 
Abraham Lincoln 
 
 as a 
 
 Spiritual Influence 
 
 By 
 Raymond Warren 
 
 With a Foreword by 
 
 J. GILCHRIST LAWSON 
 
 Chicago 
 
 The PROGRESSIVE CENTURY Co. 
 1933 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
 
 AS A 
 
 SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE 
 
 copyright, 1933 : : by 
 
 THE PROGRESSIVE CENTURY COMPANY 
 
 Chicago, Illinois 
 
 printed in the u. s. a. 
 
L 
 
 FOREWORD 
 
 Fortunate indeed is the person who has read Raymond 
 Warren's dramatized biography of Abraham Lincoln, The 
 Prairie President, and his Abe Lincoln, Kentucky Boy, and 
 who possesses this beautiful little brochure on Abraham 
 Lincoln as a Spiritual Influence. To that person Lincoln will 
 have become a living reality. 
 
 The writer of this foreword is thoroughly familiar with 
 the literature about Lincoln, has visited most of the places 
 where he lived, and has become absorbed in the study of his 
 life and character; but nothing else has made Lincoln so 
 graphically real to him as have Col. Warren's masterly ver- 
 sions of the life and works of the Great Emancipator. After 
 reading them we feel as though we had lived with Lincoln, 
 talked with him, shared in his sufferings and rejoicings, and 
 had known him from the cradle to the grave. In fact, Lincoln 
 no longer seems dead, but as one of the most real and living 
 persons we have ever known. 
 
 In this treatise Col. Warren reveals the real secret of 
 Abraham Lincoln's immortal greatness, and tells what has 
 endeared him to the multitudes. It was his greatness of soul 
 — his spiritual greatness. He was the embodiment of Amer- 
 ica's fundamental idealism. His ambitions were not toward 
 the attainment of wealth and fame, but to see the United 
 States free from slavery and all other evils. His great heart 
 yearned to do away with all misery, ignorance, poverty, and 
 crime; that the country should be united in the full enjoy- 
 ment of freedom, prosperity, sobriety, and the worship of 
 the living God. 
 
 Raymond Warren — more than any other writer, we believe 
 — has made vivid and real these great spiritual qualities in 
 the character of Abraham Lincoln ; and to him the people of 
 this and other countries owe a debt of everlasting gratitude. 
 
 [7] 
 
JXaaV lArrua fit JU/we<rt/n/ J^o/u axLd/u^*, cLlIvvkakL <nxA/ 
 
 oi XKaV j^uuoJ^ t O/Oi. %RjuAnxcLojt £). cBnxttuu, cPuJrtl^utn. 
 o4- cPjvcurujt ^anmxt^jfvuAroItX^ .ja/u/rcfcccl JU* Jim. a -K/mj&ML 
 
 JirvvCo £K* 4vcuweL6 o-t Stkt xclctof- <*£ a -u/vcUltj, jejJUtxxtoXjuL 
 \amaMAm cU/uotcd Jto ^4tAifc£i/Ci/vvctu , a/rvd Hu. ^uJ^aAjuvvLtdL 
 jlV jiav -fti* Jf^tJfutA. cw jthx l<>li(run/Yvq tKttrtt-tan/M . 
 
 X^vo^* £Ivla "titttt tu-ot-fo. 4k •vwoxLl JfusvTrwrdurd&Q ojcjza**- 
 jUWx to tJkjt SfuxXAxJL, $ 4uxax Aaniiuli^ .JUnru&LuA £K«. 
 
 £kjt/mx. 
 
 alKx jvutAytxl XK>eU- *kt 4v<x* -tiM* -uniA -fcjtAAK lb imA^atnx 
 •Amid j/ygttnxA/cuox £kx 4*cu/yyvo/vv Jvouex avyOttl Sa/wcl ja-KcJll 
 
 Xd jLoc^JiciLyv jtki. ^aJuxItaoJ. JaXcU ©4 JLA/vteo-t/vt — JdkoX 1 fyoJ& 
 of- 4vU -tile xu-tvu&U *urvU Jt/wdLu/u. -Urf<n>cn,,- a/wcL -urfuek aJtt 
 
 [8] 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
 
 AS A 
 
 SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE 
 
 BEFORE us were four rows of broad stone steps leading 
 up to the temple-like building which crowned the crest 
 of the little knoll. On each side of these steps the well- 
 kept grass spread like a luxurious carpet, and on each side 
 of the building, as if on sentinel duty, stood great trees, richly 
 garbed in summer foliage. Against the brilliant blue sky 
 which formed a background for all of this, soft, pearl-tinted 
 clouds drifted, propelled by the gentle summer breeze. 
 
 It was one of those pictures which Nature and man had 
 combined in making beautiful; it was a picture such as a 
 painter of mythological subjects would have revelled in; for 
 here, surrounded by colors of bright and sombre greens, 
 blues, purples, and browns, stood a temple which, twenty 
 centuries before, might have been dedicated to some Greek 
 or Roman deity. 
 
 To this spot, in one of the most isolated districts in Amer- 
 ica, we are told that a hundred thousand people come an- 
 nually — an excellent argument that place does not make the 
 man, but that the man makes the place. And after one of 
 these pilgrims out of that hundred thousand has walked up 
 these steps and stands before the six granite pillars of the 
 portico, he reads high above them, from letters chiselled 
 deep into the stone, these words: 
 
 HERE 
 OVER THE LOG CABIN WHERE LINCOLN 
 WAS BORN, DESTINED TO PRESERVE THE 
 UNION AND FREE THE SLAVE, A GRATE- 
 FUL PEOPLE HAVE DEDICATED THIS 
 MEMORIAL TO UNITY, PEACE AND 
 BROTHERHOOD AMONG THESE STATES 
 
 [9] 
 
Just underneath are carved words from one of the most 
 sublime sentiments that Abraham Lincoln ever uttered: 
 
 WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH 
 CHARITY FOR ALL 
 
 And then the visitor enters and sees for the first time the 
 little cabin where the noble Lincoln was born. How small 
 it is! And how strangely its crude architecture contrasts 
 with the costly structure that encloses it. 
 
 As the visitor stands in silent contemplation before these 
 aged, roughly-hewn logs, notched and plastered together with 
 clay, the elegantly designed walls and windows of the shrine 
 seem to melt away — the little cabin alone remains a reality. 
 In reverie its beholder sees it as it was on that February dawn 
 when the baby, Abraham Lincoln was born. 
 
 Then the mind drifts off to a far-away country, into a long- 
 gone century; and there comes a vague impression of another 
 babe, this one born in a manger — the Christ Child. Was Its 
 nativity more humble or more depressing than this? One was 
 the Example, the other the follower; the two, in their differ- 
 ent spheres, the most lofty examples that have ever been 
 given to mankind. 
 
 — Written at Hodgenville, Kentucky, and reprint- 
 ed from "Abe Lincoln, Kentucky Boy," through 
 courtesy of the publishers, The Reilly & Lee Co. 
 
 A LITTLE while ago I was asked the question: "Just 
 what is the reason that Lincoln holds the predominant 
 place in the affection of the American people, and 
 why does their interest grow keener as the years roll on; 
 wherein is the secret of his hold upon our hearts?" 
 
 To avoid a lengthy discussion I gave the usual stereotyped 
 answer — that Lincoln was a penniless boy, self-educated, who, 
 through his own efforts and abilities became President of the 
 United States; born in a log cabin, etc. Yes, he was born in 
 
 [ 10] 
 
Photographed especially for the author. 
 
 GOVERNMENT OWNED SHRINE AT HODGENVILLE, KENTUCKY, WHICH 
 ENCLOSES THE CABIN WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS BORN 
 
 —St* 1 * - 
 
a log cabin, educated himself, and became President; and 
 so was Washington — our first President — born in a log cabin 
 and practically self-educated; and so were Andrew Jackson, 
 and Zachary Taylor, and Franklin Pierce and Millard Fill- 
 more. 
 
 Humble origin, and the struggle and triumph over pov- 
 erty's handicaps, are so common in the life stories of our 
 great men, both in political and civil life, that they are almost 
 a part of the formula of American success. Ordinarily we 
 take all of this for granted and give it little analytical thought. 
 
 Therefore, we must look beyond the circumstances of Lin- 
 coln's humble birth and early struggles to find the true solu- 
 tion to this question. The universal appeal of Lincoln is, 
 I am convinced, almost entirely a spiritual one; for Lincoln's 
 life is the greatest modern exemplification of the teachings 
 and principles of the Christ on the part of a man, intensely 
 human, that we have of record and common knowledge. 
 
 Despite cynical opinions to the contrary, we are a Christian 
 nation; though our Christianity is widely varied and often 
 grotesque in practice. But back of it all, there is that grop- 
 ing — the longing — for the Truth, that Truth that shall make 
 men free. It is a far cry through the Centuries from the shores 
 of the lake of Galilee to — say — those of Lake Michigan, 
 fringed by colossal skyscrapers and modern machine-oper- 
 ated farms, with aeroplanes gliding overhead; and it is little 
 wonder, after all, that in our highly-keyed lives we miss much 
 of the meanings of those simple, beautiful words uttered 
 amid oriental surroundings and the primitive conditions of 
 a long-gone age. Indeed, the modern pilgrim starting out to 
 literally follow in the footsteps of the Master would be very 
 apt to encounter many unpleasant realities, which might even 
 include confinement in a jail or lunatic asylum. 
 
 It is for that reason, I think, that in our groping, we uncon- 
 sciously absorb the divine spirit of the Christ in its applica- 
 tion to our conditions, as it glows through the pages of Lin- 
 
 [13] 
 
coin's life. There we find our own hopes, our own ambitions, 
 our own sorrows, and our own trials mirrored ; and there, too, 
 we often find the practical Christian way of meeting them; 
 for the life of Lincoln is a perfect working-example of those 
 divine rules promulgated in the Sermon on the Mount. 
 
 In October, 1864, in response to a delegation of Negroes 
 who had journeyed from Baltimore to present to "Massa 
 Lincoln" an elaborately bound Bible, he said: "In regard 
 to the Great Book, I have only to say that it is the best gift 
 which God has given to man." 
 
 The Bible had been the main source of Lincoln's education, 
 the basis of his pure literary style, and the foundation of his 
 system of righteousness expressed in law: it was to remain 
 the predominant influence throughout his days. Lincoln's 
 speeches, state papers and correspondence demonstrate this 
 Biblical influence by the brevity, beauty and clarity of their 
 perfect English. And from the pen of no other President, 
 do we find so many references to God, and invocations for 
 His divine guidance. In countless numbers, these documents 
 seem to be inspired with the very spirit of the Lord's Prayer. 
 
 Yes, our reverence of the memory of Abraham Lincoln is 
 due to the spiritual influence that it exerts upon us as a nation 
 and as individuals. I have found that each phase, and almost 
 every act of his life, can be paralleled by one or more pass- 
 ages from the lips of Jesus as recorded in the Four Gospels. 
 
 ti ff^^\ IV E to him that asketh thee, and from him that would 
 \l "jr borrow of thee turn not thou away." — Matthew, 5th 
 chapter, 42nd verse. This would be considered 
 very bad business advice, but it is excellent Christianity — 
 and a definite, life-long part of the Christianity of Abraham 
 Lincoln. 
 
 It would be impossible to estimate the number of cases 
 Lincoln conducted for poor people in the courts of the old 
 Eighth Judicial District of Illinois without pay; and touching 
 
 [ 14] 
 
Photographed especially for the author. 
 
 LOG CABIN IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS BORN 
 ON FEBRUARY 12TH i8oq 
 
proof exists in hundreds of instances of a wide variety of 
 other efforts on his part to help those in distress. Lack of 
 space permits the citation of but a few of these documents : 
 
 "My old friend, Henry Chew, the bearer of this, is in a 
 strait for some furniture to commence housekeeping. If any 
 person will furnish him twenty-five dollars worth, and he does 
 not pay for it by the 1st of January next, I will. 
 
 A. Lincoln 9 
 
 September 25, 1858. 
 
 The not surprising sequel to this, which I hope that Mrs. 
 Lincoln did not see, is contained in the following: 
 
 Urbana, February 16, 1859 
 "Hon. A. Lincoln, 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 My Dear Friend: I herewith inclose your order which you 
 gave your friend Henry Chew. You will please send me a 
 draft for the same and oblige, yours, 
 
 S. Little." 
 
 These letters become even more interesting when we com- 
 pare them to the words of Jesus when he related the story of 
 the good Samaritan, given in the 10th chapter of Luke: "And 
 on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and 
 gave them to the host, and said unto him, 'Take care of him; 
 and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I 
 will repay thee. 9 " 
 
 While he was President, Lincoln wrote piles of checks for 
 the needy. The best known of these is a characteristic draft 
 on the Riggs National Bank of Washington for Five Dollars, 
 to "a colored man with one leg"; another is an order on the 
 same bank to pay three dollars to Mr. Johnson, "a sick man." 
 
 ONCE, while driving through the mud of Central Illi- 
 nois, Lawyer Lincoln was parrying the gibes of his 
 companions because of the new broadcloth suit which 
 he was wearing. As they approached the little town of Paris, 
 
 [ 17] 
 
the party's attention was attracted to a pig stuck fast in the 
 mud and squealing lustily. They all laughed at the porker's 
 absurd plight, but its real distress soon overcame Lincoln's 
 sense of the humorous, and in spite of the jeers of his com- 
 rades, he climbed off of his horse, rescued the animal, and had 
 the satisfaction of hearing its grateful grunts as it scampered 
 away. Of course the new suit was covered with mire. 
 
 On another occasion his fellow lawyers were both annoyed 
 and amused to see him stop, hitch his horse, and crawl around 
 in the underbrush to catch two young birds fluttering on the 
 ground at the edge of the grove. Having finally caught the 
 fledglings, he hunted from tree to tree until he found the nest 
 from which they had fallen. An hour later, when he over- 
 took his companions, they laughed at this, as a childish way 
 of wasting time. 
 
 "Boys," said Lincoln, "you may laugh — but I could not 
 have slept well tonight if I had not saved those little birds. 
 Their cries, and those of their distracted mother, would have 
 rung in my ears." 
 
 In the 25th chapter of Matthew we find this — which I be- 
 lieve covers these incidents perfectly: ". . . Verily I say unto 
 you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my 
 brethren, ye have done it unto me." 
 
 A LL of Lincoln's futile pleas to the South, and the slave- 
 ys holder, can well be summed up in these words of the 
 Master: "Full well ye reject the commandment of 
 God, that ye may keep your own tradition." — Mark, 7th 
 chapter, 9th verse. 
 
 And the ultimate fate of the nation, if it remain divided 
 on the slavery question, Lincoln read in these divine words, 
 also from the book of Luke: "And if a kingdom be divided 
 against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be 
 divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand" 
 So profoundly was Lincoln impressed by the great truth in 
 these words that he applied them to one of his most powerful 
 
 [18] 
 
arguments against slavery during the famous debates with 
 Douglas. It has gone into the pages of history as "The House 
 Divided" speech. 
 
 Lincoln always hated slavery, yet he realized perfectly that, 
 according to the Constitution as it then existed, die slave-hold- 
 er was invested with legal property rights in his slaves. And 
 Lincoln believed literally in Christ's admonition to "Render 
 to Caesar the things that are Caesar s, and to God the things 
 that are God's." As President he would have prevented the 
 Civil War by rendering to the taskmaster the price of the 
 slave; he would, by that peaceful and more economical meth- 
 od, have lifted the bondman out of his degredation and ren- 
 dered him unto God's enlightenment. 
 
 Lincoln proposed that $400 be paid for each slave; a good 
 price in the current market. Estimated on this basis there 
 were about $750,000 worth of slaves in Delaware. The cost 
 of conducting the war was approximately two million dollars 
 a day; and for one-third of one day's expense all of the 
 slaves in Delaware could have been purchased! All of the 
 slaves in Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri could 
 have been bought, at the same rate, for less than the cost of 
 the war for eighty-seven days: and you will recall that it 
 lasted for more than four years. 
 
 He was prevented from doing this, and the war came. The 
 plan was objected to by the Cabinet on the ground that it 
 would be far too expensive to be practical. Time has proven 
 Lincoln wiser than his advisers — for events demonstrated 
 that from the standpoint of economy his course would have 
 been far better. 
 
 THE war came. In what strange world the simple coun- 
 try attorney found himself; President of the United 
 States — Commander-in-Chief of the Army — and the 
 Navy! Lincoln never felt more lonely nor more God-forsaken 
 than during the weeks which followed his first call for vol- 
 unteers, after it had begun to bear its bitter fruit. "And he 
 
 [19] 
 
saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto 
 death: tarry ye here and watch. And he went forward a little, 
 and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, 
 the hour might pass from him/ 9 — Mark, 14th chapter, verses 
 34 and 35. 
 
 An Illinois friend of Lincoln related : "I called upon him 
 one day in the early part of the war. He had just written a 
 pardon for a young soldier sentenced to be shot for sleeping 
 at his post. After reading it to me, he remarked: 'I could 
 not think of going into eternity with the blood of this poor 
 young man on my skirts. It is not to be wondered at, that 
 a boy raised on a farm, probably in the habit of going to bed 
 at dark, should, when required to watch, fall asleep.' ' 
 
 Lincoln ultimately took new hope in the thought: u Blessed 
 are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy 99 The War 
 Department files of 1861 to 1865 contain many hundreds of 
 telegrams which testify to the abundant mercy — the compas- 
 sion for human weaknesses — of this man. I reproduce three 
 of these, selected at random: 
 
 War Department, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 October 8, 1862 
 Major-General Mead, Army of Potomac: 
 
 I am appealed to in behalf of August Blittersdorf, at Mitch- 
 ell's Station, Va., to be shot tomorrow as a deserter. I am 
 unwilling for any boy under eighteen to be shot, and his father 
 affirms that he is yet under sixteen. Please answer. His reg- 
 iment or company not given me. 
 
 A. Lincoln. 
 
 Executive Mansion, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 December 17, 1863. 
 Major-General Hurlbut, Memphis, Tenn. : 
 
 I understand you have under sentence of death, a tall old 
 man by the name of Henry F. Luckett. I personally knew him, 
 
 [20] 
 
Photographed especially for the author. 
 
 "THE SINKING SPRING" ON THE LINCOLN FARM AT 
 HODGENVILLE, KENTUCKY 
 
and did not think him a bad man. Please do not let him be 
 executed unless upon further order from me, and in the mean- 
 time send me a transcript of the record. 
 
 A. Lincoln. 
 
 • • • * 
 
 Executive Mansion, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 November 3, 1863. 
 Major-General Mead, Army of Potomac: 
 
 Samuel Willers, private in company B, Forty-Ninth Penn- 
 sylvania Volunteers, writes that he is to be shot for desertion 
 on the 6th instant. His story is rather a bad one and yet he 
 tells it so frankly, that I am somewhat interested in him. Has 
 he been a good soldier except the desertion? About how old 
 is he? 
 
 A. Lincoln. 
 
 * • * * 
 
 THE positive test of man's belief in God is his love for 
 humanity. "For he that loveth not his brother whom 
 he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not 
 seen?" — First Epistle of John, 4th chapter, 20th verse. One 
 of the keystones of Abraham Lincoln's character was broth- 
 erly love. He loved his friends, and when those among them 
 fell in battle during the Civil War his grief was profound. 
 His lamentations over the death of Colonel Edward D. Baker 
 were remembered by his associates, and his touching letter 
 of condolence to the parents of the martyred young Elmer 
 Ellsworth, who had accompanied him on the railroad journey 
 to Washington, is permanently preserved. 
 
 Nor did Lincoln's heart bleed only for the griefs of those 
 of his own acquaintance, as this famous letter amply demon- 
 strates : 
 
 Executive Mansion, 
 Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. 
 To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass. 
 Dear Madam: 
 
 1 have been shown in the files of the War Department a 
 
 [ 23 ] 
 
statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you 
 are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the 
 field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any 
 word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the 
 grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from 
 tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks 
 of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly 
 Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and 
 leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, 
 and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly 
 a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. 
 Yours very sincerely and respectfully, 
 
 A. Lincoln. 
 
 Lincoln's love for children was similar to that of Him who 
 said "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come un- 
 to me; for such is the kingdom of heaven." Numerous are the 
 anecdotes handed down to us which tell of the pranks of the 
 Lincoln boys, — "Tad" and "Willie" — how they romped 
 about with their father in his law office at Springfield, as they 
 did later through the stately halls of the White House. There 
 is no known instance of Lincoln ever being angry at a child. 
 
 ((1 "^ UT I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do 
 good to them which hate you. Bless them that curse 
 you, and pray for them that despitefully use you." — 
 
 Luke, 6th chapter, 27th and 28th verses. 
 
 Lincoln did this, literally, throughout his life. The ex- 
 treme magnanimity of this man renders unique among all of 
 the rulers that the earth has ever known. He practiced this 
 divine principle both in its application to individuals and to 
 the enemy in the field. "I have not suffered by the South," 
 he said, "I have suffered with the South. Their sorrow has 
 been my sorrow — their pain has been my pain. What they 
 have lost, I have lost. And what they have gained, I have 
 gained." Yes, Abraham Lincoln loved the South as well as 
 the North. 
 
 [24] 
 

 >tjt<, i/ ac- 
 
 <^e & nffl&ut, jfarhv i*rjL'*&t, f^^ru^ •&&*% 
 
 ^fc&txc^rt-us* 
 
 From a photographic copy made especially for this work. 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN FROM A RARE PHOTOGRAPH MADE DURING THE 
 FIRST YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY 
 
Edwin M. Stanton, among other things had called Lincoln 
 "a big baboon," yet Lincoln recognized his peculiar fitness 
 for the office of Secretary of War, and appointed him. Stan- 
 ton was to learn not only to appreciate Lincoln, but to love 
 him. Lincoln explained Stanton's case in this way: "If a man 
 cease attacking me, I never remember the past against him." 
 
 "And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him 
 his fault between thee and him alone." — Matthew, 18th chap- 
 ter, 15th verse. When Lincoln appointed William H. Seward, 
 Secretary of State, the latter, assuming that Lincoln was a 
 man of low mentality, without ability to direct the government, 
 proceeded to write the President a letter in which he pro- 
 posed himself as a dictator, to do the actual work of the 
 chief executive. Instead of dismissing and disgracing this 
 assumptious minister, Lincoln merely told him in private 
 that he, Abraham Lincoln, was President, and rested content 
 to let time prove his abilities of leadership. 
 
 After George B. McClellan was made Commanding Gen- 
 eral of the Union Army, he repeatedly insulted the President, 
 but with his usual forbearance, Lincoln said: "If McClellan 
 will only give us victories, I am willing to stand and hold his 
 horse." But those victories never came and McClellan had 
 to go. 
 
 When Secretary Chase's plots to supplant him in the White 
 House were reported, the President amazed his informants 
 by saying that if Chase could do the "hard job" better, and 
 the people wanted him, he was willing to step aside and give 
 way to the disgruntled Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 PEOPLE who visited Lincoln at the White House said 
 that his was the saddest face they had ever seen. To 
 one woman he said: "I shall never be glad any more — 
 the springs of life are wearing away and I shall not last." On 
 that cold, drizzly morning that Lincoln stood on the rear plat- 
 form of the little train at Springfield that was to take him to 
 Washington, as he looked down into the faces of his friends, 
 
 [27] 
 
he realized that he was entering his Gethsemane, and that he 
 probably would have to lay down his life for that cause to 
 which it had been dedicated. With tears in his eyes, he said: 
 
 "My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate 
 my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the 
 kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived 
 a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an 
 old man. Here my children have been born, and one is 
 buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I 
 may return, with a task before me greater than that which 
 rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Di- 
 vine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With 
 that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go 
 with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, 
 let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care 
 commending you as I hope in your prayers you will commend 
 me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." 
 
 The whistle blew; the years of preparation were ended, 
 the martyrdom had begun; Springfield and its people would 
 see him never more. Even then, plots were under way to kill 
 him. Four years and two months later the assassin came, and 
 Abraham Lincoln paid "that last full measure of devotion'* 
 of which he had so feelingly spoken at Gettysburg. 
 
 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 
 his life for his friends." — John, 15:13. And it was in exactly 
 this manner that Abraham Lincoln gave his life for his coun- 
 try — for you and for me — even as the Christ gave His for 
 the world. We, who have never seen him yet, feel daily the 
 influence of his noble, kindly life and cherish the heritage 
 of his example among our most precious possessions. 
 
 [28] 
 
A Complete List of ' • 
 
 Raymond Warren's Contributions 
 to Lincolniana 
 
 THE PRAIRIE PRESIDENT 
 
 —Living Through the Years With Lincoln 
 
 A strikingly original biographical narrative of Abraham Lincoln, 
 which carries him through boyhood and his legal career up to the 
 time he assumed the Presidency. The story carefully follows the 
 known facts of his life, vividly projected through dramatic episodes, 
 closely knit, and illuminated by the use of dialogue, with early 
 American dialects reproduced faithfully and with remarkabe creative 
 insight. 
 
 This fascinating book, illustrated by the author, is the result of 
 painstaking research and a lifetime of devotion to his subject. 
 
 REGULAR EDITION, Postpaid, Net $ 3.00 
 
 Autographed, numbered edition, limited to 420 copies.... 
 
 specially bound and boxed, postpaid, Net $10.00 
 
 ABE LINCOLN, KENTUCKY BOY 
 
 —The Story of the Boyhood that Became Immortal 
 
 Written with the cooperation of the officials of the Commonwealth 
 of Kentucky, this book contains the most complete account ever 
 placed on record of the first seven years of the life of the Great 
 Emancipator. Abe Lincoln, Kentucky Boy will provide both absorb- 
 ing interest and inspiration to youthful readers, but no reader of 
 any age will fail to derive fresh understanding of the nation's hero. 
 
 The numerous illustrations were drawn by CoL Warren at the 
 scenes of the historic incidents they picture. 
 
 REGULAR EDITION, Postpaid, Net $ 1.50 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS A SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE 
 
 With a Foreword by J. Gilchrist Lawson 
 
 One of the most beautiful tributes ever written. In this elegantly 
 printed brochure, Col. Warren puts his finger upon the keystone of 
 the imperishable greatness of Lincoln; it was his profound faith in 
 God and his application of the teachings of the Bible as the prac- 
 tical guide of his life, and its language as the model for his literary 
 style. By citing Biblical quotations and relating striking parallels 
 in the acts of the Great Emancipator, the author has created a classic 
 which is both unique and inspiring. 
 
 Illustrated with rare photographs. 
 
 Special Author's Edition, bound in board and limited to 
 350 numbered and autographed copies $2.00 
 
 REGULAR EDITION, Suede finish cover $ .75 
 
 (Continued on the following page) 
 
 [29] 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN SILHOUETTE AND STORY 
 
 With a Foreword by James Hamilton Lewis, U. S. Senator from Illinois 
 
 The first of a series of picture books designed and written by 
 Raymond Warren to graphically describe to young Americans the 
 lives and deeds of America's heroes. The illustrations for this book 
 consist of forty-six silhouette drawings which combine enchantment 
 with historical accuracy. While the narrative is written with the 
 simplicity required for juvenile readers, its artistic value alone should 
 secure for this work a place in every collection of books devoted to 
 Americaniana and Lincolniana. 
 
 Author's Edition, bound in boards and limited to seven hun- 
 dred numbered copies, autographed by Col. Warren. 
 Postpaid, Net $3.00 
 
 REGULAR [first] EDITION, bound in cloth $1.00 
 
 Same as above with stiff paper cover $ .50 
 
 If your bookseller cannot supply these books send your order to 
 
 The PROGRESSIVE CENTURY Co. 
 
 Publishers 
 
 25 EAST SUPERIOR STREET 
 
 • Chicago • 
 
 [ 30]