Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 29, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 February 1933 — ANTHOLOGY LINCOLN [ARTICLE]

ANTHOLOGY LINCOLN

By MINNA IRVING

A BEACON on the mountain height Where Freedom waves her banner bright, A clear, serene and steady light. A hand that reaches from the dust And writes for us in God to trust, And be both merciful and just. A soul that lives to cheer and bless The student in his loneliness And point the pathway to success. A spirit humble, yet divine, That poured its essence superfine Unstintedly at Freedom’s shrine. A broad humanity to all, A love embracing great and small, A sword, a flame, a bugle call. A heart of faith inviolate, A voice immortal in debate, A lighthouse to the ship of state. A name undimmed as years go by, A glory that will never die, A star eternal in the sky. His natal day from sea to sea, Lord God, we render thanks to Thee, For Lincoln and his memory. —N. Y. Herald.