The Lincoln Story

Contributed by Roscoe C. Smith Dolbeer & Corson Lumber Co., Eureko, Calif.

The story is told, that on the morning of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, down in Hodgensville, Kentucky, the usual group of citizens from the little town were seated about the stove in the Post Office and store combined, when one of the town loafers who was noted for his news gathering capacity wandered in and one of the group addressed him as follows: "Good mornin', Ezra, is there any news in torvn this mornin'?" To which he replied: "Oh ! nothin' in particular 'cept Tom and Nancy Lincoln has got a baby boy down at their cabin."

Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a Child is born; unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulders."

(The following is my reflection upon the story.)

Their Gift

The God of men had asked for gifts, That this experiment, New found upon the Western shores, Might demonstrate its right to live. The Order said, that all must bring a gift; But how from out the direst poverty, Could Tom and Nancy give.

It could not be a gift of gold or jeweis rare, The very floor on which they trod was rough and bare, Hewn with what arduous labor with the axe, This woodsman's house gave barest shelter

From the hard cold facts of life. A GIFT! What could it be?

They fain would do their part, They pondered deep, while dire necessity pressed hard,

They must not fail.

The message of their God must sure avail.

And then at last when all seemed dark without And full-contrived to fill their souls with doubt.

There came from out the nebulae, An answer to their one desire.

The gift of life that had been tried by fire, 'Twas all they had to give,

That this, the Country of their love, might live. So, out from that poor woodsman's home conceived with joy

Great God received their gift, A BABY BO1I.

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