Category: Biographies

Abraham Lincoln: Was He a Christian?

Dr. J. G. Holland--Hon. Newton Bateman--Rev. J. A. Reed-- Rev. James Smith. D.D.--N. W. Edwards--Thomas Lewis--Noah Brooks--Rev. Byron Sunderland. D.D.--Rev. Dr. Miner--Rev. Dr. Gurley--Hon. I. N. Arnold--F. B. Carpenter--Isaac Hawley--Rev. Mr. Willets--A Pious Nurse--Western...

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I. CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY

Dr. J. G. Holland--Hon. Newton Bateman--Rev. J. A. Reed-- Rev. James Smith. D.D.--N. W. Edwards--Thomas Lewis--Noah Brooks--Rev. Byron Sunderland. D.D.--Rev. Dr. Miner--Rev. Dr....

2. CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY--HOLLAND AND BATEMAN.

In the preceding chapter has been presented the Christian side of this question. It has been presented fully and fairly. Even the Christian claimant must admit that it is the lo...

3. CHAPTER III. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY--REED AND HIS WITNESSES.

4. Chapter I., ten admit that, during a part of his life, Lincoln was an

unbeliever, or Infidel. Of the remaining ten, not one denies the fact. It is conceded, then, that he was once an Infidel. Now, it is a rule of law that when a certain state or c...

5. CHAPTER IV. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY--ARNOLD AND OTHER WITNESSES

With the Christian masses whose minds have become warped by the bigoted teachings of their clerical leaders, nothing affects the reputation of a man so much as his religious bel...

6. CHAPTER V. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON--PUBLISHED TESTIMONY

Having presented and reviewed the evidence in behalf of the affirmative of this question, the evidence in support of the negative will next be given, and in consideration of his...

7. CHAPTER VI. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON--UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONY

The writer corresponded with Mr. Herndon for many years. Much of this correspondence related to Abraham Lincoln, and no inconsiderable portion of it to the subject under conside...

8. CHAPTER VII. TESTIMONY OF COL. WARD H. LAMON

In 1872, seven years after the President's assassination, appeared the "Life of Abraham Lincoln," written by Col. Ward H. Lamon. As a faithful record of the life of one of the m...

9. CHAPTER VIII. TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN T. STUART AND COL. JAMES H. MATHENY

Besides his own testimony concerning Lincoln's unbelief, Colonel Lamon cites the testimony of ten additional witnesses: Hon. Wm. H. Herndon, Hon. John T. Stuart, Col. James H. M...

10. CHAPTER IX. TESTIMONY OF THE REMAINING WITNESSES PRESENTED BY LAMON

Dr. C. H. Ray--Wm. H. Hannah, Esq.--James W. Keys--Hon. Jesse W. Fell--Col. John G. Nicolay--Hon. David Davis--Mrs. Mary Lincoln--Injustice to Mrs. Lincoln--Answer to Reed's Pre...

11. CHAPTER X. TESTIMONY OF LINCOLN'S RELATIVES AND INTIMATE ASSOCIATES

Mrs. Sarah Lincoln--Dennis F. Hanks--Mrs. Matilda Moore-- John Hall--Win. McNeely--Wm. G. Green--Joshua F. Speed-- Green Caruthers--John Decamp--Mr. Lynan--James B. Spaulding--E...

12. CHAPTER XI. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN ILLINOIS

Hon. W. H. T. Wakefield--Hon. D. W. Wilder--Dr. B. P. Gardner--Hon. J. K. Vandemark--A. Jeffrey--Dr. Arch E. McNeal--Charles McGrew--Edward Buller--Joseph Stafford-- Judge A. D....

13. CHAPTER XII. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN WASHINGTON

Hon. Geo. W. Julian--Hon. John B. Alley--Hon. Hugh McCulloch-- Donn Piatt--Hon. Schuyler Colfax--Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell--Hon. Wm. D. Kelly--E. H. Wood--Dr. J. J. Thompson-- Rev....

14. CHAPTER XIII. OTHER TESTIMONY AND OPINIONS

New York World--Boston Globe--Chicago Herald--Manford's Magazine--Herald and Review--Chambers's Encyclopedia-- Encyclopedia Britannica--People's Library of Information-- The Wor...

15. CHAPTER XIV. EVIDENCE GATHERED FROM LINCOLN'S LETTERS SPEECHES, AND CONVERSATIONS

The testimony of one hundred witnesses will now be supplemented by evidence from the tongue and pen of Lincoln himself. The greater portion of what he wrote and uttered against...

16. CHAPTER XV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION

Character of Christian Testimony--Summary of Evidence Adduced in Proof of Lincoln's Unbelief--Douglas an Unbeliever--Theodore Parker's Theology--Fallacy of Claims Respecting Lin...