CONTENTS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: WAS HE A CHRISTIAN?
CHAPTER I. CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY
CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY—HOLLAND AND BATEMAN
CHAPTER III. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY—REED AND HIS WITNESSES
CHAPTER IV. REVIEW OF CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY—ARNOLD AND OTHER WITNESSES
CHAPTER V. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON—PUBLISHED TESTIMONY
CHAPTER VI. TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM H. HERNDON—UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONY
CHAPTER VII. TESTIMONY OF COL. WARD H. LAMON
CHAPTER VIII. TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN T. STUART AND COL. JAMES H. MATHENY
CHAPTER IX. TESTIMONY OF THE REMAINING WITNESSES PRESENTED BY LAMON
CHAPTER X. TESTIMONY OF LINCOLN'S RELATIVES AND INTIMATE ASSOCIATES
CHAPTER XI. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN ILLINOIS
CHAPTER XII. TESTIMONY OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF LINCOLN WHO KNEW HIM IN WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XIII. OTHER TESTIMONY AND OPINIONS
CHAPTER XIV. EVIDENCE GATHERED FROM LINCOLN'S LETTERS SPEECHES, AND CONVERSATIONS
CHAPTER XV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
Almost immediately after the remains of America's most illustrious son were laid to rest at Springfield, one of his biographers put forward the claim that he was a devout believer in Christianity. The claim was promptly denied by the dead statesman's friends, but only to be renewed again, and again denied. And thus for a quarter of a century the question of Abraham Lincoln's religious belief has been tossed like a battledoor from side to side.
As a result of this controversy, thousands have be