Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . here isany dejiarturc fi-mn tliost divine attributes whielithe believers in a living God always ascribe toHim . Fontll\ do \v<- liopc, fiTVcntly d we pray,that this mighty .sctmrge of war may speedily ])assaway. Yet, if God will that it continui until allthe wealth j)iled by thf biindmaus two hundredand fifty years uf uinti|uitcil toil shall be suidc,and until every drop of lilood drawn with the lashshall be ])ai 1 liy another drawn w iih the sword—as was said three thousand years ago—so still
Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . here isany dejiarturc fi-mn tliost divine attributes whielithe believers in a living God always ascribe toHim . Fontll\ do \v<- liopc, fiTVcntly d we pray,that this mighty .sctmrge of war may speedily ])assaway. Yet, if God will that it continui until allthe wealth j)iled by thf biindmaus two hundredand fifty years uf uinti|uitcil toil shall be suidc,and until every drop of lilood drawn with the lashshall be ])ai 1 liy another drawn w iih the sword—as was said three thousand years ago—so still iiniu-t lie sail), that tin- judgments of the I^ctrd aretrue and riditeous altoijether. ITS LINCOLN OBSEQUIES. Witli malice toward none, with charity for all,with firmness in the right, as God gives iis to seethe risht, let us strive on to finish the work Ave arein, to bind up the nations Avound, to care for himwho shall have Itorne the liattle, and for his widowand his orphans; to do all Avhich may achieve andcherish a just and a lasting peace among oursehesand Avith all nations,. 179 LIXCOLX OBSEQriES. ^ ;S a I m . Rev. II. tben read the Ninety-tourtli Psalm: 1. O Lonl (iod, to wLuiii vengeance belongetli;() God, to Avliom vengeance belougeth, sliow Thy-self. 1*. Lift up Tliyself, Thou Judge of the earth;render a reward to the jiroud. ;5. Lord, how long shall the wicked, ho\v longshall the wicked triumph ? 4. Il«)w long shall they utter and speak hardthings i and all the workers of iniquity l)oastthemselves? 5. They break in pieces Thy people, O afflict Tliine heritage : (1. They slay the wi. He that jilanted tlir ear, shall He not hear ^lie lli;il torim-d tin «-\r,-hall He not .see < 1(». lie that ihr h<-athrn, shall not He LIXCOLX OnSEQTIES. eorreot? he that teaeheth man knowle
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