and I just went and laid my burden upon Him, and then He
revealed Himself to me, and I have ever since found Him a true and
sympathizing friend, just the friend you need. Go right straight to
Him. You need not go to this man or that man, to this church or that
church. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

There is no name so dear to the Americans as that of

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

and in an audience like this in America you would see the tears
trickle down many a cheek at his name: he is very dear to us
Americans. Do you want to know the reason why? I will tell you. He was
a man of compassion; he was very gentle, and was noted for his heart
of sympathy for the down-trodden and the poor. No one went to him with
a tale of sympathy but he had compassion on them, no matter how far
down they were in the scale of society. He always took an interest in
the poor. There was a time in our history when we thought he had too
much compassion. Many of our soldiers did not understand army
discipline, and a great many were not true to the army regulations.
They intended to be, but they did not understand them. Many a man
consequently went wrong, and they were court-martialed and condemned
to be shot; but Abraham Lincoln would always pardon them; and at
length the nation rose up against him, and said that he was to
merciful, and ultimately they got him to give out that if a man was
court-martialed he must be shot, that there would be no more
reprieves.

THE SLEEPING SENTINEL.

A few weeks after this, news came that a young soldier had been
sleeping at his post. He was court-martialed, and condemned to be
shot. The boy wrote to his mother, "I do not want you to think I do
not love my country, but it came about in this way: My comrade was
sick, and I went out on picket for him; and the next night he ought to
have come, but still being sick I went out for him again, and without
intending it I fell asleep. I did not intend to be disloyal."

It was a very touching letter, and the mother and father said there is
no chance, there will be no more reprieves. But there was a little
girl in that home, and she knew that Abraham Lincoln had a little boy,
and how he loved that little boy; and she said if Abraham Lincoln knew
how my father and mother loved my brother he would never allow him to
be shot, and she took the train to go and plead for her brother; and
when she got to the President's mansion the difficulty arose how was
she to get pas