Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . ons as dead, • Joseph frnot and Him-d is not, and y awill take Benjamin ale©.it Joseph and Simeon were both he benevtd it h-t. Indeed, Josephing taken frpm him, was the uld- eon is not, and j* will take B ButJoser^ though b being taken frpm — Df!tbe /. At_ called your sot Into hla upper king-dom—-a kingSom and an exist-ence aa real,, more real, than yourown! It may be that he too,Uke Joaepb, bas gone, in Gods good provi-dence, to be the salvation of Am fathershousehold. It Is a part of the Lords planfor the ultimate happfoeaa of yon andyou». Dou
Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . ons as dead, • Joseph frnot and Him-d is not, and y awill take Benjamin ale©.it Joseph and Simeon were both he benevtd it h-t. Indeed, Josephing taken frpm him, was the uld- eon is not, and j* will take B ButJoser^ though b being taken frpm — Df!tbe /. At_ called your sot Into hla upper king-dom—-a kingSom and an exist-ence aa real,, more real, than yourown! It may be that he too,Uke Joaepb, bas gone, in Gods good provi-dence, to be the salvation of Am fathershousehold. It Is a part of the Lords planfor the ultimate happfoeaa of yon andyou». Doubt UiwtTljhaTe a sencommuted Dr. Vtaton, unon thai aiwhich I think Sight ntterosTrou,™Lincoln begmd hfin to aend It at an earlyto7-*to»*m[U* repeatedly for bitscheei5?J^!?S< wordaTrarough amember of the family, I have learned thatthe rermon was asnt, and read over andover by the Preefknt, who censed a copyown private use, beforepoa the same authority.«?• bat Mr. Lincoln* =iiiiii|:fi|-|lL!iJi-n:M*V« •ai*H:;*il«r. E. Baker. Mr. Sew- and Interested in snd gradicbeerfulne My friend,srds private n be waa much ., . a phase of Mr. Lincolns character whiclcame under hla own observation. It warMr. Bakers province to take to the Presi-dent all public documents from the Sta^eDepsrtment requiring hi* signature. D ir-ing the oonths, Mr. Lincoln wouldread each paper carefully through, alwaysrenarkbg, I sever sign a document Ihave not first read. As bis cares in-creased, be at length departed from bithabit so far aa o cay to the meaWont you real these papers toThis went on for a few months,thtn mooifltd this practice b a t)toptis of (be contents. btcame more and more curtailed, and foribe laf-t year hla only expression was,Show me wheiayou want my ll is not generally 1— p> >? &onths,and he» by requestingits. UlsTUe ll is not generally known that the speech < »a\s made bj the P. evident upon the I Ion of a foreign minister, It care- ot tbls custom, w
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