The Death of Lincoln, April 15th, 1865: Some of the Religious Lessons Which It Teaches; A Sermon, Preached in Zion Church, New-York, on the First Sunday After Easter, April 23d, 1865 (Classic Reprint)
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I would not have this to be; for I recognise in the catastrophe an occasion for many utterances which may fitly fall from the lips of the Minister of God. The office of the Pulpit is peculiar, and it is limited. It has nothing to do with worldly politics, farther than to apply to them the great laws of morality and religion. But here is an event, occurring within the civil world, which bows all hearts in humiliation and sorrow. The public mind requires the consolations of Christian sym pathy. There are, also, lessons, deep religious lessons, to be drawn from this universal bereavement. I ac knowledge myself unqualified, by my very profession, for the task of discussing the civil questions connected with it, and its bearing upon the future political condi tion and destiny of our land. But within the scope, which my office allows, the vast field of its religious uses, I may expatiate at liberty; and I shall best fulfil the functions of that office, if I may teach you how, as Christian men, you are to regard this visitation of the mighty hand of God.
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