"White House Funeral Sermon for Abraham Lincoln"

The sermon was delivered on April 19, 1865 by Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, who was the chaplain of the US Senate and the pastor of the church the President attended.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 8 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Wrinkle in Time, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, The Odyssey, A Man, Soldier home, Sonnet 116, Where I Find My Heroes, White House Funeral Sermon, O Captain! My Captain!, Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, A Definition of a Gentleman
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  1. counsel
    something that provides direction or advice
    He is dead; but the memory of his virtues, of his wise and patriotic counsels and labors, of his calm and steady faith in God lives, is precious, and will be a power for good in the country quite down to the end of time.
  2. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
    He is dead, but the cause he so ardently loved, so ably, patiently, faithfully represented and defended--not for himself only, not for us only, but for all people in all their coming generations, till time shall be no more--that cause survives his fall, and will survive it.
  3. athwart
    across, especially at an oblique angle
    The light of its brightening prospects flashes cheeringly to-day athwart the gloom occasioned by his death
  4. providence
    a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
    and the language of God's united providences is telling us that, though the friends of Liberty die, Liberty itself is immortal
  5. quench
    put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    There is no assassin strong enough and no weapon deadly enough to quench its inextinguishable life, or arrest its onward march to the conquest and empire of the world.
  6. stricken
    grievously affected especially by disease
    While there is darkness, there is also the dawning of a brighter, happier day upon our stricken and weary land.
  7. rejoice
    feel happiness
    When the sun has risen, full-orbed and glorious, and a happy reunited people are rejoicing in its light--alas! alas! it will shine upon his grave.
  8. consecrate
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But that grave will be a precious and a consecrated spot.
  9. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
    The friends of Liberty and of the Union will repair to it in years and ages to come, to pronounce the memory of its occupant blessed, and, gathering from his very ashes, and from the rehearsal of his deeds and virtues, fresh incentives to patriotism
  10. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
    they will there renew their vows of fidelity to their country and their God
Created on 十二月 14, 2014 (updated 十二月 14, 2014)

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