Abraham Lincoln's cabinet . HISTORY. The Place of the Great Organizer and Leader of the War for Saving the Union, By john Mcelroy. i iI JI i Address at the TTnvailins of the Stanton Monument at Steubenville, O., Sept. 7, 1911. Whoever has true faith in AlmightyGod, whoever believes there is a Di-vine purpose in human life and theuniverse, must believe In providentialinterposition in great crises in humanaffairs. Without such belief the history ofman would become as meaningless aphantasma as midges fretfully flitting in the sun. When we rise in reverent pride asthe thrilling notes of the»*«itar
Abraham Lincoln's cabinet . HISTORY. The Place of the Great Organizer and Leader of the War for Saving the Union, By john Mcelroy. i iI JI i Address at the TTnvailins of the Stanton Monument at Steubenville, O., Sept. 7, 1911. Whoever has true faith in AlmightyGod, whoever believes there is a Di-vine purpose in human life and theuniverse, must believe In providentialinterposition in great crises in humanaffairs. Without such belief the history ofman would become as meaningless aphantasma as midges fretfully flitting in the sun. When we rise in reverent pride asthe thrilling notes of the»*«itar Span- Igled Banner 1)11 the air with a cas-cade of musical sunshine, we make ita paean of praise to Him who— Made and preserved us a Nation. We thus recognize in the strongestway that the birth of our Nation, itsdevelopment and existence, are di-rectly due to the will of God. Believing this, the next step is in-evitable that in our day or greatestneed, as He did Moses and Aaron forIsrael, He raised up for us leaders so. THE STANTON * nil Lincolns immediate coun-cilors and advisors Edwin M. Stanton Jwas the only one who towered to-*%a the Presidents exalted plane,theon v one that stood shoulder to Srr^ s& crtaonn\vy s wholt ev^ry thought was fuel to hisburnfng zeal to win victory and save thSuchUsPiri-tual exaltation in where a million tnen dtedim- nh>d more than human guidance. How marvelously Lincoln andStanton supplemented and roundedout one. another!. «?«?*? Lowering above their fellows, so filledwith the Divine purpose, so certain;in their wisdom, that the people fol-lowed them by instinct. More and more men are recognizing ,every day that Abraham Lincoln wasraised up by as special Providence (as Moses. We are forced to this rec-ognition because of the failure of all .ether explanations of his marvelous;leadership of the people for four of iour most momentous years. I Lincoln was another illustration of,Gods way of confounding the wise! tend
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