The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Excerpt from The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: A Lecture "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." - Ps. xix. 9. The judgments of the Lord are his revealed will contained in Holy Scripture, of which we say with David, "The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." But God speaks in Providence as well as in Scripture. His judgments are his acts as well as his words. It is our interest and duty to study both. Some persons object to ministers of the gospel referring in their sermons to public events. They say we ought to preach Christ crucified, and not talk about statesmen, rulers, or philanthropists. Certainly it would be a grievous dereliction of duty, a sad prostitution of the Church and the Sabbath, if any secular theme were substituted for the glorious gospel of the blessed God. But may not passing events be made a vehicle for conveying truth to the mind? What is the value of abstract truth if never practically applied? The events of God's providence should be contemplated in relation to God's gospel. Instead of keeping religion distinct from the interests of life, and thus rendering those interests merely secular and really godless, we should endeavour to hallow and elevate all those interests - domestic, commercial, political - by Christian faith and Christian feeling. Did the Jewish prophets never refer to political events? Their inspired ministry was directed in the first instance to their own age, and had a constant bearing on the great national events then transpiring. Did not our Lord Himself illustrate his teaching by reference to things secular? Is not the Bible full of truth embodied, of lessons drawn from the lives of men and the dealings of Providence? There has been no death in our own day more remarkable, none which will have a more prominent place in all future history, than the assassination of President Lincoln. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.