A DIVINE SPECTACLE

During an interview with Mr. Lincoln, long after he had been inaugurated as President, a friend asked him if he loved Jesus. The President buried his face in his handkerchief and sobbed. He then said amid his tears, "When I left home to take the chair of the State I was not a Christian. When my son died - the severest trial of my life - I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg, and looked upon the graves of our dead who had fallen in the defense of their country, I there and then committed myself to Christ. I do love Jesus. The spectacle of that crucified One which is before my eyes is more than sublime - it is Divine!” A gentleman having an appointment to meet President Lincoln at five o'clock in the morning went a quarter of an hour before the time appointed. While waiting for the appointed time he heard in the next room a voice as if in grave conversation, and asked an attendant standing by, "Who is talking in the next room? "It is the President, sir," replied the attendant. "Is anybody with him?" the gentleman inquired. "No; he is reading the Bible." "Is that his habit so early in the morning?" "Yes, sir, he spends every morning from four o'clock to five in reading the Scriptures and praying.” - Selected