Emphasis Preaching Journal

Isabella Bacon Bond, was six years old when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Her family was living in Washington at the time, since her father held government office. Belle descended the stairs one morning to find her father reading the Bible, and her mother weeping. "Our great and beloved president has been killed," explained her mother. Three days later mother and daughter went to the White House. The line of those waiting to pay their respects was long, too long for a six-year-old, but they waited.