The relation between himself and his God was one clearly defined in his own mind. He recognized that to that Supreme Being he was responsible for every thought and word and act.

There is a world of difference between the man who is trying to conform to an opinion about him, and the man who is trying to approximate his living to a high standard-a world of difference between the man who is trying to do right when he thinks the people are looking at him, and the man who tries to do right because he believes the eye of God is ever upon him.

The man who is trying to do right when he thinks people are watching, will find a time, sometimes, when he thinks the people are not looking, and then he takes a vacation and falls. I believe that one of the reasons why Lincoln lived his life without a fall was that he was not watching the people around him, but acted in the belief that he was watched by One who never sleeps.

Another quality-Lincoln used self-control. The man who would govern others must first govern himself; and when he has learned to govern himself, he has taken the next step toward meeting the responsibilities of high positions. "He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city; " and Lincoln was the undisputed ruler of himself and of his own spirit.

He had humility. Few men so great have been so humble as he. Humility is a hard virtue to cultivate. If a man has great wealth, he is apt to be proud of his wealth. If he has great learning, he is likely to be proud of his learning. If he has distinguished ancestry, he is quite sure to be proud of his pedigree, and someone has said that humility is so difficult a virtue to cultivate that, if one really becomes humble, he is soon proud of his humility! But Lincoln's favorite poem was "Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud?"

Lincoln understood how little of any man's greatness is really a self-made greatness. Lincoln understood, as few have understood, how much we owe to those who have gone before us, and to those about us.

Who will measure our obligation to those who laid foundations for our Republic! Who will measure our obligation to those who surrounded us with the privileges that we enjoy! When we come to analyze our accomplishments, we find that that which can be properly traced to ourselves is infinitesimal, while that which is traceable to the influence that others have exerted upon us is immeasurable.

Lincoln had courage. As has been well said by the distinguished ambassador from Great Britain, Lincoln had moral courage. The world recognizes the courage of the man who walks up to the mouth of the cannon and without wavering gives his life on his country's altar. I say to you, my friends, that man shares physical courage with the beast, but he shares moral courage with Him in whose image he was made.

Lincoln had the courage to face any kind of opposition, to meet any kind of criticism, to disregard any kind of ridicule. And why? Because he had another virtue. He had faith. If you tell me that "works are more important than faith," I tell you that there are no works until there is first a faith to inspire the works.

Only those who believe do great things; and Lincoln believed. Lincoln had patience, and only those who have faith have patience; only those who can see that there is a triumph coming have the patience to wait until it comes. Aye, Lincoln needed patience, as everyone in such a position as he occupied needs patience. There were around him men who could not wait, men who wanted to see today the thing for which they longed and worked; but Lincoln knew that it took time to accomplish great things. He had patience, the patience that the parent has who watches the growing child, knowing that no anxiety or solicitude can hasten that child's development; the patience of one who plants a tree and knows that, if it is to be a sturdy tree, it must take years in its growth and development.

Lincoln had fidelity. He was faithful. The people knew they could trust him, because his fidelity stood out and shone out, and embraced all who came into contact with him; and then Lincoln had an understanding of the development of governments and civilization. In that immortal utterance at Gettysburg he spoke of the unfinished work to which those present should consecrate themselves. He knew that every generation leaves an unfinished work, that every generation finds the work incomplete when it comes, and, labor as it will, leaves it still unfinished when it departs.

I might have justified my description of the art of government by reference to these qualities that Lincoln possessed, but my purpose was a different one. I desired, rather, briefly to trace the growth and development of this royal art. When Solomon found the responsibilities of government resting upon him, he gave utterance to that prayer that has come down through the ages, "Give me wisdom that I may govern my people aright." My friends, there have been changes since then, and the prayer today would be a little different from the prayer in Solomon's day; for, with the growth of intelligence, with the rise of the spirit of democracy, the definition of leadership has undergone a change.

The aristocratic definition of leadership is that the leader thinks for the people. The democratic definition of leadership is that the leader thinks with the people, and Lincoln illustrated the new definition of leadership. As the representative of the people, he acted for them, doing, as their representative, what they would have him to do; but Lincoln's hold upon the people was due to the fact that he never assumed to think for them. He was content to think with them on the questions that affected the government and their welfare.

In college I learned that there were three kinds of government, the monarchy, the aristocracy and