Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? . nds, and then returned to Georgetown. Such wasmy first interview with Abraham Lincoln, and thememory of it is as clear and vivid as the evening onwhich it occurred.* * I looked up, and did not need to know by any one telling me who he was. Lincoln stood at the openwindow. He was looking down, yet seeing nothing. His eyes wereturned inward. He was thinking of the great work and dutythat lay upon his soul. I think I never saw so sad a face in mylife, and I have looked into many a mourners face. I havebeen among bereaved families, orphan children, widows ands
Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? . nds, and then returned to Georgetown. Such wasmy first interview with Abraham Lincoln, and thememory of it is as clear and vivid as the evening onwhich it occurred.* * I looked up, and did not need to know by any one telling me who he was. Lincoln stood at the openwindow. He was looking down, yet seeing nothing. His eyes wereturned inward. He was thinking of the great work and dutythat lay upon his soul. I think I never saw so sad a face in mylife, and I have looked into many a mourners face. I havebeen among bereaved families, orphan children, widows andstrong men whose hearts have been broken by the taking awayof their own; but I never saw the depth of sorrow that seemedto rest upon that gaunt, but expressive countenance. Yet therewas a light in those deep-sunk eyes that showed the man whowas before me as perhaps the best Christian the world ever saw,for he bore the world upon his heart. That man was bearing thecountry of his birth and love upon his naked soul. It was just |\\\r e _. Mr. Lincoln turned to me. and laying his hand upon my head, utteredthese words in a manner that I shall never forget: My child, you possess avery singular gift ; but that it is of God, I have no doubt. I thank you forcoming here to-night. It is more important than perhaps any one present canunderstand. —Page 74. FIRST MEETING WITH LINCOLN. 75 one look ; but I never have forgotten it, and through the dim-ness of all these years that great and patient man looks downupon me to teach me how to bear, and how to do, how to hope,and how to give myself for my fellow-men. Lincoln was a noble representative of free institutions. Hestood as the representative of that liberty which had been wonby the swords of the Revolution, which had been organized bythe earlier settlers of the Republic, and which has been adornedby many years of growth until the present day. The Revolu-tion had passed before Lincolns day; but he was a typicalrepresentative of the freedom
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