The Providential Significance of the Death of Abraham Lincoln
A Discourse Delivered in the Central M. E. Church, Newark, N. J., On the Day of National Humiliation, June 1st, 1865 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Providential Significance of the Death of Abraham Lincoln: A Discourse Delivered in the Central M. E. Church, Newark, N. J., On the Day of National Humiliation, June 1st, 1865<br><br>"Be still and know that I am God," Ps. 46: 10.<br><br>"And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron, thy brother was gathered." - Num. 27: 12, 13.<br><br>"He being dead, yet speaketh." - Heb. 11: 4.<br><br>Most truly we are living<br>"In a grand and awful time,<br>In an age, on ages telling,<br>To be living is sublime."<br><br>Events pregnant with a world-wide significance are passing so rapidly before our eyes, that we can scarcely apprehend their full import.<br><br>The lesson of yesterday, startling, novel, and of vast meaning, is almost obscured by that of today. Solemn and suggestive as were the voices of the night-time of our sorrow and war, they are surpassed by the warning utterances of our wondrous deliverances and gladness.<br><br>A giant young nation is awaking from its slumbers, shaking off its drowsy feelings, and addressing itself to such work as the world never witnessed. In this waking there are the usual strugglings of flesh and spirit, of inclination against duty, of prejudice against principle, and of foolish and fleshly parleyings with self-ease, pride and luxury.<br><br>The present hour is one of great importance.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.