The searchlight . u my sincerethanks for this very elegant copy ofthe great book of God which youpresent. C. W. Vol. 10, page 218. To speak appreciatively of a giftthus bestowed upon him would havebeen on Lincolns part only whatwas demanded by the claims of of-ficial courtesy, but the language ofthis address respecting the Bible in-dicates far more than that. And ofthe same character is the followingwritten to his life-long friend,Joshua F. Speed, only a few monthsbefore his death: I am profitably engaged readingthe Bible. Try to comprehend asmuch as possible of this book withyour mind and acc
The searchlight . u my sincerethanks for this very elegant copy ofthe great book of God which youpresent. C. W. Vol. 10, page 218. To speak appreciatively of a giftthus bestowed upon him would havebeen on Lincolns part only whatwas demanded by the claims of of-ficial courtesy, but the language ofthis address respecting the Bible in-dicates far more than that. And ofthe same character is the followingwritten to his life-long friend,Joshua F. Speed, only a few monthsbefore his death: I am profitably engaged readingthe Bible. Try to comprehend asmuch as possible of this book withyour mind and accept the rest withfaith, and you will live and die abetter man. Wettstein, page 83. Well would it be for our race ifin letters of living light these wordsof counsel and advice were so em-blazoned as to be read and heededby the children of men. Step bystep as we proceed in this investiga-tion and listen to the voice of Abra-ham Lincoln, we discover the secretof his greatness and of his achieve-ments. THE SEARCHLIGHT. LINCOLN REVIEWING ARMY BIBLE-BUILT God give us men, large-heartedmanly men, is the cry of humanityin every age, and the mother-taughtboy, by daily, believing Bible studywas preparing to answer that was becoming stalwart in frameand more stalwart in character. Thenourishing Word had done and wasdoing its appointed work, for Om-nipotence had said: It shall not re-turn unto me void ; but it shall ac-complish that which I please, and itshall prosper in the thing whereto Isent it. In fulfillment of that Di-vine promise we now see A Model Candidate In the clamor and confusion of thepolitical struggles which swept overthe seemingly boundless prairies ofIllinois during the year 1832, a high-keyed and far reaching voice isheard. With such modesty does itspeak one would think it would notbe heard, and if heard would be soonforgotten. But not so. The speakerwas only twenty-three years of age,and was for the first time a candidatefor office, yet his words found ahearing
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