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title: 'The Lessons of Our National Sorrow: A Discourse Delivered in … Fort Wayne, Indiana, on … April 16th, 1865, … the Death of Abraham Lincoln'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John Marshall Lowrie'
date: 1865-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Providence'
- 'Affliction'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 2'
- 'Jeremiah 9'
- '2 Samuel 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lowrie-1865-the-lessons-of-our-national-sorrow-a-discourse-delivered-in-fort-wayne-indiana-on-april-16th-1865-the-death-of-abraham-lincoln
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# The Lessons of Our National Sorrow: A Discourse Delivered in … Fort Wayne, Indiana, on … April 16th, 1865, … the Death of Abraham Lincoln

Sermon after Lincoln's assassination urging the nation to learn from grief: human frailty and depravity exposed, virtues of the late president, and dependence on Divine Providence.

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