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October (search for this): chapter 57
Mr. Lincoln was tired, he closed the door against all intruders, and called Mr. Bateman into his room for a quiet talk. On one of these occasions Mr. Lincoln took up a book containing a careful canvass of the city of Springfield in which he lived, showing the candidate for whom each citizen had declared it his intention to vote in the approaching election. Mr. Lincoln's friends had, doubtless at his own request, placed the result of the canvass in his hands. This was towards the close of October, and only a few days before election. Calling Mr. Bateman to a seat by his side, having previously locked all the doors, he said: Let us look over this book; I wish particularly to see how the ministers of Springfield are going to vote. The leaves were turned, one by one, and as the names were examined Mr. Lincoln frequently asked if this one and that were not a minister, or an elder, or a member of such or such church, and sadly expressed his surprise on receiving an affirmative answer.
Newton Bateman (search for this): chapter 57
am Lincoln. At the time of the nominations at Chicago, Mr. Newton Bateman, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illino was tired, he closed the door against all intruders, and called Mr. Bateman into his room for a quiet talk. On one of these occasions Mr. L close of October, and only a few days before election. Calling Mr. Bateman to a seat by his side, having previously locked all the doors, hmorandum in pencil which lay before him. At length he turned to Mr. Bateman, with a face full of sadness, and said: Here are twenty-three mit members of the churches, a very large majority are against me. Mr. Bateman, I am not a Christian,--God knows I would be one,--but I have cance and favor. The effect of this conversation upon the mind of Mr. Bateman, a Christian gentleman whom Mr. Lincoln profoundly respected, wahe eternal truth of God. As the two men were about to separate, Mr. Bateman remarked: I have not supposed that you were accustomed to think
Noah Brooks (search for this): chapter 57
with sincerity, that I hope I am a Christian. I had lived, he continued, until my boy Willie died, without realizing fully these things. That blow overwhelmed me. It showed me my weakness as I had never felt it before, and if I can take what you have stated as a test, I think I can safely say that I know something of that change of which you speak; and I will further add, that it has been my intention for some time, at a suitable opportunity, to make a public religious profession. Mr. Noah Brooks, in some reminiscences, already quoted from in these pages, gives the following upon this subject:-- Just after the last Presidential election he said, Being only mortal, after all, I should have been a little mortified if I had been beaten in this canvass; but that sting would have been more than compensated by the thought that the people had notified me that all my official responsibilities were soon to be lifted off my back. In reply to the remark that he might remember that in
Christ (search for this): chapter 57
nd work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but Truth is everything. I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand; and Christ and Reason say the same; and they will find it so. Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand; and Christ and Reason say the same; and they will find it so. Douglas don't care whether slavery is voted up or down, but God cares, and humanity cares, and I care; and with God's help I shall not fail. I may not see the end; but it will come, and I shall be vindicated; and these men will find that they have not read their Bibles right. Much of this was uttered as if he was speaking tChrist and Reason say the same; and they will find it so. Douglas don't care whether slavery is voted up or down, but God cares, and humanity cares, and I care; and with God's help I shall not fail. I may not see the end; but it will come, and I shall be vindicated; and these men will find that they have not read their Bibles right. Much of this was uttered as if he was speaking to himself, and with a sad, earnest solemnity of manner impossible to be described. After a pause, he resumed: Doesn't it appear strange that men can ignore the moral aspect of this contest? A revelation could not make it plainer to me that slavery or the Government must be destroyed. The future would be something awful, as I lo
Christian (search for this): chapter 57
ed embellishment. Of all men in the world, the late President was the most unaffected and truthful. He rarely or never used language loosely or carelessly, or for the sake of compliment. He was the most indifferent to the effect he was producing, either upon official representatives or the common people, of any man ever in public position. In the ordinary acceptation of the term, I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a religious man,--and yet I believe him to have been a sincere Christian. A constitutional tendency to dwell upon sacred things, an emotional nature which finds ready expression in religious conversation and revival meetings, the culture and development of the devotional element till the expression of such thought and experience becomes habitual, were not among his characteristics. Doubtless he felt as deeply upon the great questions of the soul and eternity as any other thoughtful man; but the very tenderness and humility of his nature would not permit the ex
Schuyler Colfax (search for this): chapter 57
had, in his quiet way, found a path to the Christian standpoint — that he had found God, and rested on the eternal truth of God. As the two men were about to separate, Mr. Bateman remarked: I have not supposed that you were accustomed to think so much upon this class of subjects; certainly your friends generally are ignorant of the sentiments you have expressed to me. He replied quickly: I know they are, but I think more on these subjects than upon all others, and I have done so for years; and I am willing you should know it. Schuyler Colfax once said to me that Mr. Lincoln had two ruling ideas, or principles, which governed his life. The first was hatred of slavery, which he inherited in part from his parents; the other was sympathy with the lowly born and humble, and the desire to lift them up. I know of no better epitaph for his tombstone than this, save that suggested by Theodore Tilton, the editor of the New York Independent, --He bound the nation, and unbound the slav
H. C. Deming (search for this): chapter 57
isoner, he said to this lady,-- You say your husband is a religious man; tell him, when you meet him, that I say I am not much of a judge of religion, but that in my opinion the religion which sets men to rebel and fight against their government, because, as they think, that government does not sufficiently help some men to eat their bread in the sweat of other men's faces, is not the sort of religion upon which people can get to heaven. On an occasion I shall never forget, says the Hon. H. C. Deming, of Connecticut, the conversation turned upon religious subjects, and Mr. Lincoln made this impressive remark: I have never united myself to any church, because I have found difficulty in giving my assent, without mental reservation, to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize their Articles of Belief and Confessions of Faith. When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, he continued, the Saviour's condensed
Douglas (search for this): chapter 57
s wet with tears: I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but Truth is everything. I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand; and Christ and Reason say the same; and they will find it so. Douglas don't care whether slavery is voted up or down, but God cares, and humanity cares, and I care; and with God's help I shall not fail. I may not see the end; but it will come, and I shall be vindicated; and these men will find that they have not read their Bibles right. Much of this was uttered as if he was speaking to himself, and with a sad, earnest solemnity of manner impossible to be described. After a pause, he resumed: Doesn't it appear strange that men can ignore the moral aspect
Holland (search for this): chapter 57
r the lapse of a few minutes the prayer ceased, and the President, accompanied by a Quakeress not less than eighty years old, entered the room where I was sitting. I made up my mind then, gentlemen, that Mr. Lincoln was not a bad man; and I don't think it will be easy to efface the impression that the scene I witnessed and the voice I heard made on my mind! Nothing has been given to the public since Mr. Lincoln's death, more interesting and valuable than the following, from the pen of Dr. Holland:-- Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln. At the time of the nominations at Chicago, Mr. Newton Bateman, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois, occupied a room adjoining and opening into the Executive Chamber at Springfield. Frequently this door was open during Mr. Lincoln's receptions, and throughout the seven months or more of his occupation, he saw him nearly every day. Often when Mr. Lincoln was tired, he closed the door against all intruders, and calle
A. Lincoln (search for this): chapter 57
i. Much has been said and written, since Mr. Lincoln's death, in regard to his religious experien of the term, I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a religious man,--and yet I believe him to, gave me an account of a conversation with Mr. Lincoln, on the part of a lady of his acquaintance,ance of her reply. When she had concluded, Mr. Lincoln was very thoughtful for a few moments. He rsation turned upon religious subjects, and Mr. Lincoln made this impressive remark: I have never u, said he, you may talk as you please about Mr. Lincoln's capacity; I don't believe him to be the aice of his private secretary, and told that Mr. Lincoln was busy just then, but would be disengagede House, and that she was then praying with Mr. Lincoln. After the lapse of a few minutes the prayg. I made up my mind then, gentlemen, that Mr. Lincoln was not a bad man; and I don't think it wil Nothing has been given to the public since Mr. Lincoln's death, more interesting and valuable than[2 more...]
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