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A Stranger At Five-points
from Good Stories For Great Holidays
- LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
(ADAPTED)
One afternoon in February, 1860, when the Sunday School of the
Five-Point House of Industry in New York was assembled, the teacher
saw a most remarkable man enter the room and take his place among the
others. This stranger was tall, his frame was gaunt and sinewy, his head
powerful, with determined features overcast by a gentle melancholy.
He listened with fixed attention to the exercises. His face expressed
such genuine interest that the teacher, approaching him, suggested that
he might have something to say to the children.
The stranger accepted the invitation with evident pleasure. Coming
forward, he began to speak and at once fascinated every child in the
room. His language was beautiful yet simple, his tones were musical, and
he spoke with deep feeling.
The faces of the boys and girls drooped sadly as he uttered warnings,
and then brightened with joy as he spoke cheerful words of promise. Once
or twice he tried to close his remarks, but the children shouted: "Go
on! Oh! do go on!" and he was forced to continue.
At last he finished his talk and was leaving the room quietly when the
teacher begged to know his name.
"Abra'm Lincoln, of Illinois," was the modest response.
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