Excerpt from Memorial Sermon and Address on the Death of President Lincoln: St. Andrew's Church, Pittsburgh, Sunday, April 16, and Wednesday, April 19, 1865 His first national introduction revealed the fact that he was a man of the People. From the rude beginnings of a western pioneer life, he had lifted himself, step by step, to the high place he occupied. Surrounded by the disadvantages of poverty in early life, he had overcome the obstacles which lay in his path; and by the native force of his character, and the simple, unbending purpose of his own will, he had met and overcome the difficulties before which weaker hearts would have quailed. Beneath the rugged visage of the sturdy yeoman, earning his bread by honest and laborious toil, there dwelt a great, heroic soul; a spirit which needed only the Opportunity to reveal its greatness, and which, in. Its highest hopes, was not disappointed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.