New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 3

SAYS NATION NEEDS NEN LIKE LINGOIA Rev. T. A, Groone Soes Room lor Nore “Honest Abe” Type The nation today nceds more men and women with the outstanding qualities of Abrabam Ti¥ncoln, ac- cording to Rev. Theodore Ainsworth | Greene in & Lincoln's Day address at the First Congregational church yes- terday morning. Lincoln was a man appointed by | Providence to fill & time of great | need, according to the minister, who described the Great Emancipator as “A man sent from God.” He said in part: *“God, in His infinite wisdom, is forever doing great things. God's greatest gift, however, to any group | or generation of men is a great soul. (Every high achicvement in )\uman‘ history ean be traced back to this, |room. a two car garage, here was a man sent from God. _ “To find truth and goodness set | forth in flesh and blood is the most | inspiring sort of vision you and T can | ver have. Incarnation, the business of making the divine attributes live | in & man, all this is God's favorite | Imethod of bringing progress to pass pon this earth, | “We talk somctimes boastfully | bout America’s power and strength | oday. We speak of her material blessings, her wide expanse of terri- | ory, her protecting scas, her indus- | ries, her natural = resources. And | hese are all vast und important. 1 ould not belittle them for & M0 |y rise from poverty and oboeety |tiS greatest 1o places of the greatest responsibil- | U1¢ truth! ent. Nevertheless, the blessing America has received out of 1l the wealth heaped upon her by | he generous years {s not any o!l hese material possessions. The reatest American assct, we can | boast, is this: Thae our Anterican ' deal has taken human form. Tn this | cspect, our country is blessed above | most of the other nations. | 1 believe we may claim truly, that | n no nation since Isracl have so | nany great ideals taken shape and | orn frult in great lives as right here | n our own United States of America. | here are glorious names in Fng- | arid’s history to he sure! Yet is there | pne name in all England’s roster, ori vhom the Dritish people would unite ‘we would have all Eng-| him?' T doubt it. Crom- | ell. Wellinzton, Gladstone, Bright, | ot on~ of these men would be tak- | n by Englishmen of every class and ank. as representing in any satis- actory way the Diritish ideal. *But America has one man, n his own person, scts forth a art of our national ideal. This very eek we celebrate the 120th anniver- ary of his hirth. “There was a man ent from God. whose name wus braham Lincoln.’ I do not mean for a moment that e would either deify or worship his plaln man of the people, as the temans once deified their emperors. Fiod forbid! One cannot help sus-| ecting that Mr, Lincoln himself vith his L.cen sense of humor, would e the first to laugh at such a possi- pility. Lincoln, as we know him to- fay, is to some extent an ideal that has grown. lLet us take that for ranted! Nevertheless, T claim with 0 fear of dissent in this audicnce, hat we can desire nothing better for | merica than this: That all our peo- ple shall be like Abraham Lincoln in his great and noble qualities, “I believe that in Lincoln we sec he type, the standard, the ideal mericanism, which we may all do vell to see% in ourselves and our caders. Franklin K. La right | chen he declared a hat “The best definition of Amo anism is getting people 1o look at mevica with the cyes of Abraham Lincoln.” | “It is well for us, preceding the | nniversary of his birth to stop and hink together briefly of certain ualities in Lincoln's character, ‘hich we very much necd right now | n America, What are these quali- ies, which stand out most vividly as | e consider the character and the ! reer of this great leader? | First of all, let us place among | Lincoln’s admirable qualities his in- | tiable ambition! But do not mis- | inderstand him, here. Other men, | aron Burr, Napoleon, Kaiser Wil helm for example, have bheen ambi- ' ious in a way which has cugsed | hem and their countries. But this | man Lincoln had one unquenchable | mbition, to make the most and the est of himself! It stirs and stimulates every onest soul, to watch how this man | akes his way against all obstacles ntil he has revealed, at last, for all he world to see, the greatness latent n him. | “Fake the simple roung Lincoln who arge | | | story of the king himself the [naster of our English tongue, How ustakingly and thoroughly he ' ave himself to his task, writings ords with charcoal on bits of poard, reading on and cn into the ight by the light of pine knots, racticing his speaking in the woods lone with only the tree to liste ut of all this earnest effort shines spirit determined to be excellent. | Don’t Fuss With Mustard Plasters Don’t mix a mess of mustard, flour nd water when you can relieve jain, soreness or stiffness with a lit- clean, white Musterole, | Musterole is made of ol of mus- rd and other helpful ingredients. d takes the place of mustard plas. | TS, ! Musterole usually gives prompt ' lMef from sore throat, bronchitis, pnsilitis, croup, stilt eck, asthma, | uralgi headache, congestion, | eurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, | ins and aches of the back or| pints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, | ilblains, frosted fect, colds of the jhest (it may prevent pneumonia ) |bition to make And we may well thank God, that this man would not and could net be aatisfied with anything less than the best of which he was capalle. “Am I overstating the facts, when point out that right here is a spirit painfully lacking in many of us to- One is depressed, sometimes, by the evident contentment, with mediocrity, which he sees about him everywhere in this and other Ameri- can cities. “We arc facing the greatest de- mands for concentration, creative power and productive effort which this country has ever known. Anid yet, how utterly indifferent multi- tudes of people are to the rcal op- portunities of our country and its necessities. O how casily men and women and especially young folks today are satisfied with small achievements, such as the building of a house, the collecting of a com- petance, and the procuring of thos: standardized lixuries of our da well furnished home, a tiled bath- and the best radio on the market. “All these things, mind you, make life not necessarily great, but simply comfortable and amusing and easy! Yet these things have little or noth- ing to do with the real inward im- provement of ourselves, our minds and our servige to-the world. “What a tremendous difference would be made in the life of this | country, if only there could come upon the youth of America today something of the unquenchable am- the most of itself, that was in the soul of the young Lincoln 110 years ago! “We whofly miss the inspiration of his spirit, when we take it sim- |ply as an encouragement for those who start, in poor and humble cir- cumstances. We pride ourselves in America upon the fact that an Al- fred Smith and a Herbert Hoover ity, influence and service. That is one of the glories of our American social system. 3 “Yet we do not make the most in all ranks of society of this ex- ample set us by Abraham Lincoln. | It is not alone the, . oung men and women, who have to make their own way in the world, who must strugg upward against difficulties and of stacles, and who need to be aroused to the necessity of high and unfail- ing ambition. Alas! who have been connected with col- leges and college faculties know all too well that too many Amecrican college students today are inclined to use their advantages as a lounge and not a stepping -tone. Ouly re- cently 1 came across this searching quotation from the pen of a great American university president: trouble with our American idealism today is that it centers in the physi 1l comforts of this life. What is the ideal of an average American today? Just to be born into a com- fortable family, sent to a comfort- able preparatory school. attend a comfortable college, taught by com- for ssors, graduated with a comfortable s, enter a com- fortable brok marry a wife with a income, live a country club comfortable comfortable Those of us| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929, |existence, and be eased out by com- fortable drugs at the end to a com- fortable death.’ “That man was nearly 40 years experience with American college students. And the jawtul pity of it is, that he is very nearly right in his diagnosis, | It is, therefore, with a grave and serious emphasis, that 1 declare to you, this morning, that all through our American life today we nced a irebirth of this spirit of indomitable |and determined ambition, which was |50 stroug in this great American. He Faced bsues “Again, we find in Lincoln’s char- acter the quality of a lto what he saw to be | Kcmember, this man ‘lived and fought his way in a time whe issues were greatly confused, issues political, social, moral and religious. He looked into them all with the power of a great intellect. e had !a fine mind, and he used it well. But Ihe did more than this. | “Abraham Lincoln looked at the isspes of his day with a clean, moral judgment. procrastinate or hedge. He straight through the tangled of his Jday to certain great rights |that underlay them. Webster, Cala- | houn. Douglas, and many others had to face these same issu hey |argued, debated, compromised, de- terred and evaded, but still the na |tion was in trouble. Then Abraham Lincoln, fresh from the west to Washington. lle asked only |*What is right 2’ |the right, he stood for it this quality of moral loy [above all else made Linc |resistible to friends and alike. | *Men crossed his path, looked into | his face, heard his words, and knew !bevond the shadow of a doubt that n was seeking orly one thin They knew that he was not afraid to face it, even when it might seem to cut away the very ground on which he and his paity | stood. speaking *from say issues It was which “It is wonderful to rclate, and yet is true, that never was there a hint in anything that Lincoln said or did of the'spirit, which sceks pei sonal, partisan, or class advantag: i against that which was right for | all the people. This wan was among the keenest politicians of his | day, vet he never worshipped at the shrine of political expediency. Mo {than once he took a stand that seemed to his friends #nd party to |be fatal. But cvery time he did, that action only pushed him higher not only in the estimation of men, but in his influence and powe “When the clear voice of Lincoly rang out in 18, “This nation ca not endure half slave and halt free then men began to feel they neeld 'not live forever in that fog of com promise, evasion and shifting poli cies, which had been hanging over this country for so many years. Al the elaborate arguments and fine spun_constitutional issucs present=d to bolster up slavery and state rights tell away as if the Gordian knot had been cut by a sharp sword, when this man stood up and saiq: “There iy only one issue—you think slave | right. and ought to be extende: o his life | He made no attemipt te | came | And--when he saw ! |think it 1s wrong. and ought to be re- |stricted.” “How we need men like that to- day! Men who see straight, think !straight, and speak out! Men, whos: |=ouls are always on the great guest. the quest of that which s right! Sometimes it has scemed to me that the worst feature of our day i8 the jmoral fog through which we grope {in our political and corporate Ji Whatever the problem before us, we are apt to adopt the pragmatic phil- |osophy and method which is quite lcontent to say that anything is |right whieh will work out the time. To cite a single exumplc in our pres- ent state of watchful waiting and |dodging. how we need some man in Washington to stund up and say to- day with authority: “T'his nation can- not go on half-related to the world and half-isotated from ft.’ “The third conspicious quality in the character of Lincoln is one for which it is hard fo find the proper English word. I will venture to {call it here—his long mindedness! There was once in the English lan suage a word called Longanimif and it is a pity that such a word lever died out of our tongue, for it lis as much needed as its companion | word, magnanimity. What 1 am try- ling to get at is just this—there was in praham Lincoln marvelous | capa to endure and an inex- haustible patience, He could not only what was right, but he could work for it and wait for it too! And this is one necessary qualities for iservent of God in this world. D you recall that matchl; scription of how God's perf: [vant, when ke should come, make use of and labor on with ! poor. broken instruments toward his ideal! 1 know of no man in history, save Jesus Christ, Abraham Tin- coln’s Lord and yours and mine, who better exewmplifies in his spirit and career that patient endurance and righteous strength which nev {loses sight of the high ideals, never loses patience with the poor. imperfeet men around constitude his chief means of work- ing toward right. And again, 1 say, how need more of that same long-mindedness in this city and this land today! We have so many folks in our churches, who are only idealists 'so many more who are only realisf There are so many, many people content with things as they are! And there are so many content only with |things as they should be But, O how few, how few. practic ists there are, who can bring vision and reality together by making what is grow into what ought to be. Yet right here is a lesson we [can learn and a gpirit we can catch from this great American who led these United States through crisis of our Civil Wuar. Lincoln, more than any other man, was re- sponsible for bringing about the greatest constitutional change ever made in this country. g ourth quality in the char- acter of Abraham Lincoln, that ] | would have you understand andem- ulate we may best describe as his see any true we humanity, of the most | fmperfect | would | him—who | . | American 1 tdeal- | the s Mumaness. Busy, and burdened as he was, Mr. Lincoln never lost his heart, nor let it harden, as he ploughed duily through the routine labors of his high office. Always he was a simple, kindly, mereiful, loving man 1t would be hard to tind any other cha ter in all po- htical history fit to stand beside our | | beloved Lincoln in this respect “The simple human qualities were never lacking from any word or deed of our great Civil war presi- dent. “There was a large mindedness that went along with this quality of Linceln had a pertectly marvelous power fo hold together men and partics and views and keep them loyal to the common cause. He could deal with all sorts and condi- tions of men. difficult cgotists and visionary idealists. “Along with this marvclous qual- ity of humanese went, of course, its almost invariable accomplishment of a sense of humor. Mr. Lincoln was & vory serious and carnest man—but thank God! he could laugh wnd s 10 carry point with the crowd. No man can deal long in this sad and weary world, with sub- limity and reaity unless he cultivates h ense of humor. 'his very humor along with his humanity contributed to Lincoln's own health and vation. Yes, we may well believe they heiped him in some sense to preserve the union. PR are the foundation making of an ideal Lincoin. 'hese, then, stones in the American, Abrabam “irst—An insatiable ambition to ke the most of himself. cond—An absolute loyalty to ght, as God gave him to see the nt. "hird—The conspicuous of longmindedue imperfect instruments at hand to at- tain his righteous ends. “And fourth—The great quality gift of oy | numaness cowbined with humor, to and |keep him simple, mercitul and sym- pathetic with his fellowmen. “There is only one more stone ry to make the perfect arch Abraham Lincoln's character. And that stone is the very keystone of the arch itself. T mean, of course, *This man waked with Kings and potentates. yet always kept the com mon touch that makes the whole world kin. He saw something divine, something God-ma-le in every man, even his enemies, And he was end- | lessly, foolishl creditably and | wonderfully merciful. | | “In the doing of toving of mercy and i justice and the in walking tailed this peopie—eien for one lit- | tle hour, And may God send a double | portion of that spirit now into the hearts and minds of all the people of | ! America to help us in the strain and of this our day and genera- a. Milterick; Myers. Cha Flynn and W di Hanson, Iter Broadley. ors, Coolidge Proclaims March 4th Session W ngton, ing the custom dent Coolidge tou al v be 1 Feb, 11 P procedur, Frank A. Joseph A Follow- [} v issued a procia humbly with his God, his spirit never [mation calling tbe seuate into spe- sslon at moon on Mar: h 4 “to by the chief executive. Under the constitution, the ent seasion ends automatically | o’clock of that day. feeive nominations of by s which In or or otk the new chicf | tradition has been to call the senate 8 w ASS“G!ATI“N | executive might iwsh to submit, the e . . iMmediately into session. special | New members of the body generally | dohn K. Moore Returoed to| . Presidency—1,500 at Meeting | John A. Moore was reclected President ot the Swanley Works Mu- tual Benefit association at the 37th {annual meeting held Saturday eve- (ning at the Y. M. T. A. B, hall on Main street The meeting was larg=- ly attended, about 1.500 members using even the | the real religion of the man, Admit- | |ted, that there have been few men in public life concerning whose religious faith there has been more discussion. Some saw him as an atheist and others as a thoroughly orthodox believer. The facts seem to | show, however, that Lincoln never made a public declaration of his faith in any formal way. Neverthe- less his was a personal and simple faith. and through the years it grew |into an ever deepening and abiding experience, “Look through all Lincoln’s mes in the days of his and you will not find one h there is not some definite to religjon. to faith. and to vs, there hovered about of the reality of 1 humbly referenc God. Alw this man a sense things unscen. He with his God day by day in that loneliest place in the world, the White House at Washington, wa JONN A. MOORE Leing present. The society has 3 menibers and a surplus of § in the treasury. Several proposed amendments to the by-laws of the association were opted. Following the business | meeting a program of entertain- | went cnjoyed. Dancing fol- lowed | All of the officers of the associa- tion whose term expired were elected for another vear, The lis as follows: President. John Moore: vice president Fortin; secretary and treasurer, was list A. 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