s his head solemnly and
cries._]

LINCOLN

Unto thee, O God, we give all the praise now and forever more!

[MRS. LINCOLN _enters with_ BETTY _and rushes to meet the
President. He takes her in his arms._]

Mother! It's all right!--Uncle Billy's there!

MRS. LINCOLN

You'll never doubt again?

LINCOLN

Never!----

[_Turning to the committee._]

My friends! A poem is singing in my heart!

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored:
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword--
His truth is marching on!

"He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat!
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat:
Oh! Be swift my soul to answer Him! Be jubilant my feet!
Our God is marching on!"

STANTON

That draft will be all right, Stevens! Now all together!

[STANTON _leads and all sing._]

[LINCOLN _listens with bowed head._]

We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more,
From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore;
We leave our plows and workshop, our wives and children dear,
With hearts too full for utterance, with but a single tear,
We dare not look behind us but steadfastly before,
We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more!

CHORUS

We are coming, we are coming, our Union to restore!
We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more,
We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more!

LINCOLN

And remember, gentlemen, U. S. Grant sent Sherman on that mission. You
know I didn't remove him! Well, Raymond, what say you, now!

RAYMOND

It's glorious. It's a miracle! Lee's army can't survive. The end is
sure! McClellan is beaten--the Union is saved!

LINCOLN

What say you all?

A COMMITTEEMAN

Your triumph is sure!

ANOTHER COMMITTEEMAN

You'll sweep the nation, sir!

NICOLAY

Three cheers for the old President and three cheers for the new!

ALL

Lincoln! Linco