Abraham Lincoln : his life and public services . ^ beholding the Presi-dents tall form enter the crowded hospital, and, with amanner showing his fatherly interest, pass around amonghis boys, as be called tbem. They called him Uncle. THii iKKSIDEiSTS VISIT TO A HOSPITAL. Abe; and one such visit from him, in whose countenancethey could read, the real interest he felt for them, wasenough to bind their loyal hearts still more firmly to him,and to the cause which he represented. More than onebereaved family to-day blesses the memory of AbrahamLincoln as they remember how he cheered in his hourof si
Abraham Lincoln : his life and public services . ^ beholding the Presi-dents tall form enter the crowded hospital, and, with amanner showing his fatherly interest, pass around amonghis boys, as be called tbem. They called him Uncle. THii iKKSIDEiSTS VISIT TO A HOSPITAL. Abe; and one such visit from him, in whose countenancethey could read, the real interest he felt for them, wasenough to bind their loyal hearts still more firmly to him,and to the cause which he represented. More than onebereaved family to-day blesses the memory of AbrahamLincoln as they remember how he cheered in his hourof sickness, and even, it might be, beneath the shadow-ing wing of the death-angel, the dear soldier-boy whomthey gave to their country. President Lincoln declares plainly, and in so doingmanifests his own faith in God, that a power beyondhimself led to many of the wisest acts of his administra-tion. In the letter to A. G. Elodgus, where he speaks CHRISTIAN WORDS AND DEEDS. 179 of his course in regard to slavery, saying, When, earlyin the war. Gen. Fremont attempted military emanci-pation, I forbade it, because I did not then think it anindispensable necessity; when, a little later. Gen. Cam-eron, then Secretary of War, suggested
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