Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1909 — Lincoln's 100th Anniversary. [ARTICLE]

Lincoln's 100th Anniversary.

“With malice toward hone, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for hie widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." The above is taken from the second inaugural address of Abraham L'ncoln Sweeter charity, firmer dete minatlon, the expression of greater heart reasoning, never fell from the lips of mortal man. The nation is to celebrate the lOOtbi anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12th. It should be universally a day of praise to the wonderful Lincoln. The Ladies of the G. A. R. have arranged some sort of program for that day. It would have beeh a fine'thing and characteristic of Rensselaer to have made some special effort to honor our greatest martyred hero on that day. A union service at one of the churches would have been appropriate and could probably be arranged yet if the pastors would get together and work it up.