The Soul of Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN made no effort, so far as we know, to formulate a creed. It would have been an exceedingly difficult thing for him to have accomplished. His utterances on religi...

Divine authority of the Scriptures proved from prophecy and its fulfillment. A prophecy defined. Mr. Watson's argument in support of the possibility of prophecy. Criteria by whi...

We must not be surprised if we find ourselves unable to construct a perfectly symmetrical and consistent confession of faith. The material is much more abundant and explicit and...

WE have read Buckle's _History of Civilization_ to little effect if we have not learned that the development of an individual or a nation is profoundly influenced by environment...

Thomas Lincoln was a thriftless farmer who blamed external conditions for his misfortunes. Following a second appearance of the "milk sick," which came to southern Indiana in th...

Before we undertake the difficult task of assessing the real faith of Abraham Lincoln, let us dispose of a few of the claims that have been made on his behalf, or the charges th...

WE do not know of any other books which deserve to be classed with the two we have been considering in their relation to the formation of Mr. Lincoln's religious ideas; but our...

MR. THOMAS LEWIS, attorney in Springfield with an office on the same floor and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, informs us that there was some real expectation that Li...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN became a resident of Springfield on Wednesday, March 15, 1837, and continued to live there until his removal, Saturday, February 11, 1860, to assume his duties a...

HON. NEWTON BATEMAN was for many years Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois, being chosen to that position in 1858 and holding the place with one brief...

THUS far we have dealt primarily with the environments of Lincoln's religious life. We have not been able to escape the conviction that Lincoln's religious life was an evolution...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was inaugurated sixteenth president of the United States, on Monday, March 4, 1861. His journey to Washington had served to impress him even more deeply than bef...

THIS part of our inquiry draws near its close. We have reserved for this chapter a selection from those religious expressions of Abraham Lincoln which belong to his mature years...

TWO notable interviews touching the religious opinions of Mr. Lincoln deserve record here. One is by Rev. Charles Chiniquy, some time priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and af...

IN the chapter on the "Conditions of Lincoln's Young Manhood at New Salem" mention was made of the "book" which Lincoln is said to have written, opposed to the Christian religio...

IN the spring of the year 1850, after the death of their little son Eddie, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln visited Mrs. Lincoln's relatives in Kentucky. While they were on this visit, Mr....

WARD HILL LAMON was for many years a close friend of Lincoln.[33] Their relations began in 1847 when Lamon settled at Danville and continued until Lincoln's death. Both there an...

THE family of the President of the United States ought to be permitted a reasonable degree of privacy, but this has never yet been accorded them. In the case of the family of Pr...

LINCOLN was a man of few books. Much has been made of the fact that when a lad he eagerly read every book within reach; but he did not continue that habit in his mature years. S...

THE name of William H. Herndon finds frequent mention in these pages, as it must in any study of Abraham Lincoln. With all his faults as a biographer, his astigmatism, his anti-...

ONE of the first results of the Lamon biography was a lecture prepared by Rev. James A. Reed, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield. This lecture[35] was delive...

THE many biographies of Abraham Lincoln differ widely in their estimate of his religious opinions and life, partly because the biographers approach the subject from widely diffe...

OF no other American have so many biographies been written as of Abraham Lincoln. No other question concerning his life has evoked more interest than that of his religious faith...

AMONG the many stories of President Lincoln's religious life, one of the most impressive concerns an alleged visit of the President to the home of Henry Ward Beecher and the spe...

Objection to the Mosaic narrative of the deluge, because contrary to the philosophy of Nature. Its fallacy.--The truth of the narrative confirmed by the fossil remains of animal...

The books of the New Testament written by eight Jews.--Why called New Testament? Infidels deny the genuineness of the books.--Hold that the writers were impostors, and the relig...

DIVINE AUTHORITY AND INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.--What is to be understood by inspiration? None but an atheist can deny its possibilities. The gift of inspiration proved by t...

CREDIBILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES.--The number of the witnesses who testify to the facts detailed in the New Testament. How the credibility of a historical book is to...

Efforts of Infidels to show that the books of the Old Testament are forgeries of comparative modern date. Their objections considered. Curious discovery illustrative of the anti...

A number of objections necessarily omitted, stated and answered.--Mr. Olmsted's argument to prove that the author of the book of Genesis was a polytheist. Its confutation.--His...

ON THE GENUINENESS OF THE BOOKS.--Mr. Taylor's arguments to prove that the writings of the New Testament are spurious. Exposure of his dishonesty in quoting from Dr. Lardner. Mr...

OBJECTIONS STATED AND ANSWERED.--The objections urged by infidels of such a nature that, though numerous, to answer one or two of each class is to answer all. Quotation from Gau...

Mr. Olmsted's assertion concerning the requisitions of the advocate of Revelation in examining the credibility of the Mosaic writings. Its falsehood. His allegation that the fir...

The nations of the earth are indebted to the Jews for the Bible.--Taylor's assertion, that no such nation as the Jewish ever existed. Its confutation. The Jews and Christians ho...