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beverage which God has given to man. It is the only beverage which I have ever used, or allowed in my family, and I cannot conscientiously depart from it on the present occasion. It is Dure Adam's ale, from the spring."

TO THE OFFICERS AND GUESTS ON
BOARD OF THE MONITOR, INSPECT-
ING HER AND RECEIVING AC-
COUNTS OF THE FIGHT WITH
THE MERRIMAC A FEW

WEEKS AFTER THE BAT

TLE. THERE WAS NO
LIQUOR OFFERED
WITH THE RE-
FRESHMENTS.

"Some uncharitable people say that old Bourbon is an indispensable element in the fighting qualities of some of our generals in the field, but, Captain, after the account that we have heard to-day, no one will

say that any Dutch courage is needed on board the Monitor."

CONVERSATION, HON. LAWRENCE
WELDON, OF ILLINOIS, 1854.

"I do not, in theory, but I do, in fact, belong to the temperance society; in this, to wit, that I do not drink anything, and have rɔt done so for a very many years."

OF DIVINE PROVI

DENCE.

As time went on, in the daily en

durance of severe trials and the faithful performance of great duties, there came to Mr. Lincoln a distinctly declared development of religious character. He had been reverent, from the first, and even prayerful, but, as the end drew nearer, through all the terrible days of 1864, and the swift weeks given him in 1865, his public and private utterances of belief and trust in God became more frequent aud more fervent. If in his earlier history, before any of these fiery experiences came, he had been open

to the charge of carelessness or semi-skepticism, it was not so now, and no other American statesman has left behind him so full and vigorous a confession of faith.

FAREWELL SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD ILLS., FEB. 11, 1861, SETTING OUT FOR WASHINGTON.

"Unless the great God, who assisted him, (Washington) shall be with me and aid me, I must fail. If the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail-I shall succeed. Let us all pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now."

TO NEWTON BATEMAN, CONVERSATIONALLY, OCT., 1860.

"I know there is a God and that

he hates injustice and slavery. I

see the storm coming and I know that His hand is in it.

If he has a place and work for me and I think he has I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God."

TO THE QUAKERS OF IOWA, JAN. 5, 1862. "It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts I have made, and am making, for the restoration of a righteous peace to our country, I am upheld and sustained by the good wishes and prayers of God's people. No one is more deeply than myself aware that without His favor, our highest wisdom is but as foolishness, and that our most strenuous efforts would avail nothing in the shadow of His displeasure. It seems to me

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