INDEX
Reading edition
Abbatt, William, 235.
Abbott, F. E., letter of Herndon to, 142, 337, 344.
Abbott, Lyman, on Lincoln's religion, 228-231.
Abolitionist, Lincoln not at beginning, 257;
how he became one, 268.
Advance, editorial in, 181.
Agnostic, Lincoln said to have been an, 226, 229.
Akers, Rev. Peter, anti-slavery preacher, 241.
Anthon, Prof. Charles, 184.
Antietam, Battle of, 269.
Arnold, Hon. I. N., 122, 315, 331, 334.
Astronomy, Lincoln's knowledge of, 33.
Atheist, Lincoln was not, 225.
Atkinson, Eleanor, interview with Dennis Hanks, 38.
Atlantic Monthly, 281-282.
Atonement as ground for universal salvation, 153.
Bale, Abraham, Baptist preacher, 55.
Baptists, in frontier communities, 34-45;
Lincoln family essentially Baptist, 50.
Barrett, J. H., author of Life of Lincoln, 25.
Bartlett, D. W., author of Life of Lincoln, 25.
Bartlett, Truman H., correspondence with Herndon, 264-267.
Bateman, Newton, superintendent of Public Instruction in Illinois;
his interview with Lincoln, 20;
outline of life and service, 114-115;
Holland's story of the interview, 114 seq.;
controversy with Herndon, 121 seq.;
virtually repudiates Holland interview, 123;
corrects Lincoln's grammar, 124;
his lecture on Lincoln, 125;
what Lincoln probably said to him, 126;
extract from lecture on Lincoln, 303, 328-329.
Baxter, Richard, Lincoln's quotation, 289.
Bayley, T. H., 263.
Beecher, Edward, 67.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 198-201, 288.
Beecher, Mrs. Henry Ward, author of an honest but incredible story, 201.
Bible, Lincoln's use of, 93;
his lecture on, 159, 354;
gift of colored people, 217, 276;
knowledge of, 261-262.
Bibliography, 368-390.
Binns, Henry B., English biographer, 237.
Biology, Lincoln's knowledge of, 170.
Bishop, William, address on Lincoln, 160 seq.
Black, Chauncey F., alleged author of Lamon's "Life of Lincoln," 26, 129.
Black, J. C., 315.
Books, read by Lincoln in youth, 47;
read few in later years, 166.
Boyd, Lucinda, quoted, 39.
Brodie, Sir Benjamin, 170.
Brooks, Noah, 327.
Browning, O. H., 249.
Browning, Mrs. O. H., 53.
Bryan Hall meeting, 268.
Buck, Solon J., on early Illinois, 57.
Buckle, Henry T., author of "History of Civilization," 29.
Burns, Robert, Lincoln's familiarity with, 150, 166, 263.
"Burnt Book," Lincoln's, 146, 148, 152 seq., 320, 341, 346-347.
Burton, John E., 184, 208.
Bushnell, Horace, author of "Christian Nurture," 50, 288.
Butterworth, Hezekiah, 49.
Byron, Lincoln's use of, 263.
Calhoun, John, loaned Lincoln books on surveying, 54.
Calvinism, a permanent influence in life of Lincoln, 171, 197, 271.
Carman, Dr. L. D., 242.
Carpenter, Frank B., painter of Emancipation picture, 206, 276, 281, 285, 328, 334.
Carr, Clark E., on Lincoln, 104-105.
Cartwright, Peter, pioneer preacher, 55;
candidate against Lincoln, 61;
career, 63, 345.
Case, Lizzie York, "There is no Unbelief," 290.
Catholic, Lincoln not a, 231.
Chambers, Robert, author of "Vestiges of Creation," 166-171.
Channing, William E., Lincoln reads, 175-178, 288.
Chapman, Ervin, "Latest Light on Lincoln," 48;
on the Beecher incident, 199, 275, 286.
Chase, Salmon P., account of Emancipation Proclamation, 283-284.
Chiniquy, Rev. Charles, 188-197.
Chittenden, L. E., 188-197.
"Christian's Defence," see Smith, James.
Christian Advocate, 241.
Christian Leader, 183.
Christian Register, 183.
Church, Lincoln's esteem for, 240;
why he did not join, 244 seq.
Churches, Lincoln and the, 377.
Cogdal, Isaac, on Lincoln's religion, 139, 287, 348-349.
Colfax, Schuyler, 95.
Collum, Shelby M., 67.
Congregational ministers, petition and delegation to influence Emancipation Proclamation, 268-269.
Cooper Union Address, 73, 262.
Crawford, Andrew, teacher of Lincoln, 31, 33, 46.
Creed, Lincoln did not formulate, 291;
quotations used as basis of, 292-299;
compiled from his own utterances, 300.
Davis, David, on Lincoln's religion, 133, 248-249.
Deming, Henry C., address on Lincoln, 93-94, 244, 330.
Dempster, Rev. John, 268.
Dickens, Charles, Lincoln's use of, 263.
Disciples, so-called Campbellite church, 38.
Dodge, Daniel Kilham, 261-262, 270.
Dorsey, Abel W., teacher of Lincoln, 31.
Douglas, Fred, 247.
Douglas, Stephen A., 61, 73, 76, 104, 161, 263, 359.
Douthit, Rev. Jasper, 238.
Downey, David G., 199.
Dreams, Lincoln believed in, 233-236.
Dresser, Rev. Charles, 106.
Edinburgh Review, 167.
Edwards, Matilda, 52.
Edwards, Ninian W., 76;
testifies as to Lincoln's changed views, 164, 324, 359.
Elkin, David, preaches at Nancy Lincoln's funeral, 34, 39, 41.
Ellsworth, Col. Elmer, 128;
Lincoln's letter to his parents, 292.
Emancipation Proclamation, evolution of, 268-270, 281-286.
English, Dr. J. B., 184.
Farewell Address at Springfield, 84, 303-306.
Fell, Jesse W., Lincoln writes biographical sketch for, 236;
presents Lincoln books of Channing and Parker, 175, 321.
Ford, Governor Thomas, on frontier preachers, 58-59;
on "Long Nine," 82.
Fowler, Bishop Charles H., 103; 111 seq., 242, 253.
Freemason, Lincoln not a, 242.
Free-will Baptist, Thomas Lincoln not a, 37-38.
Funerals, often deferred, 40-45.
Geology, Lincoln's knowledge of, 170.
Gesture, Lincoln's use of, 263.
Gordon, Nathaniel, 293.
Grady, Josiah, questions Lincoln's religion, 138.
Graham, Mentor, teacher of Lincoln, 32, 51, 67, 68, 136;
on Lincoln's "Burnt Book," 152 seq., 346-347.
Grant, Ulysses S., 253-254.
Green, Bowling, 54, 185.
Greene, Gilbert J., 78-79·
Gurley, Rev. Phineas D., Lincoln's pastor in Washington, 87, 90, 244, 245, 325-326.
Gurney, Eliza P., 88-90; 294.
Hanks, Dennis, on Lincoln's youth, 38, 49.
Hanks, John, on Lincoln's impression of slavery, 96.
Hannah, William H., on Lincoln's faith, 287.
Harnett, Jonathan, 138, 349.
"Harp, French," 246.
Hay, John, author of "Life of Lincoln," 27.
Hazel, Caleb, teacher of Lincoln, 30.
Head, Rev. Jesse, 240.
Herndon, W. D., discussed religion with Lincoln, 132, 148.
Herndon, William H., author of "Life of Lincoln," 20, 24, 26, 27, 35;
says Lincoln was a fatalist, 50;
an infidel, 61-62;
his visit to site of New Salem, 62;
his lectures on Lincoln 62, 142-143;
his partnership with Lincoln, 71;
on Lincoln's letter to his father, 77;
letter from Nicolay, 91;
controversy with Bateman, 121 seq.;
notes of his five interviews, 125;
writes a life of Lincoln, 140-145;
no friend of Mrs. Lincoln, 140;
the Abbott letter, 142;
his letter to Dr. Smith, 141;
reply to Reed lecture, 141;
regretted sale of papers to Lamon, 143;
revised edition of his work, 144;
personal habits and religion, 144-145;
never saw Lincoln's "Burnt Book," 148;
correspondence with Bartlett, 264-267;
attempts "to put at rest forever" the charge that Lincoln was an atheist, 279;
affirms Lincoln's faith in immortality, 286;
reads reply to, 314 seq.;
letters concerning Lincoln's religion, 336-340.
Herrick, Robert, 263.
Hill, Samuel, burns Lincoln manuscript, 146-155.
Hodgenville, Kentucky, a Baptist settlement, 34.
Hodges, A. G., Lincoln's letter to, 296.
Holland, Josiah G., author of "Life of Lincoln," 26;
asymmetry of Lincoln's life, 102 seq.;
story of the Bateman incident, 115-117;
prints the Reed lecture in Scribner's magazine, 135, 328-329, 337.
Holmes, O. W., 167.
Holt, Dr. E. E., on Lincoln's dream, 235.
Howells, William D., "Life of Lincoln," 25.
Illinois College, 67.
Illinois, twin born with Lincoln, 30.
Insanity, Lincoln's approach to, 252.
Irwin, B. F., on Lincoln's religion, 136, 287, 341.
Jacquess, Col. James F., story of Lincoln's conversion, 241, 309 seq.
Jacquess, William B., 309.
Johnny Kongapod, 49, 271.
Johns, Mrs. Jane Martin, reminiscences of Lincoln, 248 seq.
Johnson, John D., Lincoln's stepbrother, 77.
Johnson, William J., author of "Lincoln the Christian," 48;
on the Beecher incident, 199, 235.
Kansas, Lincoln visits, 73.
Keckley, Elizabeth, 203-204.
Keys, I. W., loaned Lincoln "Vestiges of Creation," 277.
Kirkham's Grammar, studied by Lincoln, 51, 67, 185.
Knox College, 125.
Krone, David, 249.
Lamon, Ward Hill, author of "Life of Lincoln," 26, 47, 52;
affirms Lincoln permitted himself to be misrepresented, 76;
quotes Herndon on Lincoln's letter to his father, 78;
answer to Holland, 117-120;
his relations with Lincoln, 128;
his life of Lincoln an unfinished fragment, 128;
the controversy growing out of his book, 128-134;
Black, the author, 129;
his recollections, 134;
on Lincoln's "Burnt Book," 146;
affirms Lincoln's faith essentially that of Parker, 279;
reads reply to, 314 seq.
Lewis, Thomas, 158-163, 256, 325, 359.
Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth president of the United States;
periods of his life, 29;
birth of, boyhood, 30 seq.;
schools and teachers, 30-33;
early religious privileges, 33 seq.;
early influence Baptist, 34 seq.;
migration to Illinois, 51;
on flat-boat, 51;
at New Salem, 51 seq.;
studies grammar, 51;
works on flat-boat, 51;
service in Blackhawk War, 52;
candidate for legislature, 52;
keeper of post office, 52;
love affairs, 52-53;
influenced by life in New Salem, 54;
did not drink or swear, 55;
Herndon's statement of his religion, 61;
known as "Honest Abe," 70;
removal to Springfield, 71;
his partnerships, 71;
beginnings of his interest in slavery, 72;
early orations, 72;
important cases, 73;
marriage, 73;
election as president, 73;
his children, 75;
death of Eddie, 75;
letter to dying father, 77;
comforts a dying woman, 78;
his stories, 80;
religious life in Springfield, 81;
development of political ideals, 82;
in Armstrong trial, 83;
ethical aspects of the slavery issue, 83, 268;
farewell at Springfield, 84;
inauguration as President, 86;
outline of his administration, assassination, and death, 87;
death of Willie, 95;
why he freed the slaves, 96;
domestic affairs, 106;
read "Artemus Ward," 111;
the charges in Lamon's biography, 130-134;
his "Burnt Book," 146-155;
reads "The Christian's Defence," 156 seq.;
pronounces it unanswerable, 164;
reads "Vestiges of Creation," 166-171;
reads Channing and Parker, 172 seq.;
erased words in Greek exercise book, 183;
the Chittenden interview, 188 seq.;
the Chiniquy interview, 188 seq.;
alleged visit to Beecher, 198 seq.;
the Sickles interview, 201 seq.;
life in the White House, 203 seq.;
sorrow at death of Willie, 204;
alleged statement, "I do love Jesus," 208;
religious character of his proclamations, 210-221;
not an atheist, 225;
not a Roman Catholic, 231;
not a spiritualist, 232;
not addressed as "Abe," 233;
believed in dreams and signs, 233;
not a Quaker, 236;
questioned supernatural birth of Jesus, but not a Unitarian, 238;
denied eternal punishment, but not a Universalist, 238;
not a Methodist, 240;
not a Freemason, 242;
attended a revival, 244;
why he did not join the church, 244 seq.;
the creed he could have accepted, 245;
lacked some of the finer feelings, 246;
his dress, 247;
possessed an innate courtesy, 247-249;
helps move a piano, 250;
morbidly cautious, 252;
breadth of his religious nature, 253;
not symmetrical in his development, 254;
essentially Calvinistic, 254, 271;
his capacity for obstinacy, 255;
his ability to evade an issue, 257;
his periods of mental uncertainty, 258;
his literary style, 261;
use of quotations, 262;
seldom told stories in speeches, 263;
thought and moved slowly, 264;
his characteristic pioneer trails, 265;
an embodiment of contrasts, 266;
neutral and spiritual evolution, 267;
interview with Chicago ministers, 268-269;
his changed style of oratory, 270;
his religious development, 270-275;
his belief in universal salvation, 272;
in immorality, 273, 286;
his references to God, 273-274;
his belief in the Bible, 274-275;
in Jesus Christ, 275-277;
his question of the supernatural birth, 277-278;
in divine destiny and prayer, 280-281;
his promise to God, 281-286;
in future but not endless punishment, 287;
not a theologian, 289;
his quotation from Baxter, 289;
materials for his creed, 291-299;
his creed in his own words, 300.
Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of the President,
birth and death, 75, 258.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of Abraham;
courtship and marriage, 52-53, 73, 103;
relates incident of morning of inaugural, 86;
unites with Presbyterian Church, 159, 255-256;
broken engagement and wedding, 252.
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of the President;
marriage, 30, 48, 315;
death of, 31, 40;
at public worship, 34;
funeral, 40 seq.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, son of President, 39;
birth, 75.
Lincoln, Sally, or Sarah Bush, second wife of Thomas, 31;
her religion, 37, 47, 50;
supplied information to Herndon, 36;
her love for Abraham, 50.
Lincoln, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (sometimes incorrectly called Nancy), 34;
united with Pigeon Creek Church, 37.
Lincoln, Thomas, father of the President;
marriages, 30, 31, 315;
religion of, 34, 36-45;
a thriftless farmer, 51;
Abraham's letter to, 77.
Lincoln, Thomas, "Tad," son of the President, birth and death, 75.
Lincoln, William Wallace, son of the President;
birth, 75;
death, 95.
Logan, Stephen T., Lincoln's partner, 71, 249.
Logan, Thomas D., address on Lincoln, 75;
learned of Dr. Smith's book in 1909, 157.
Lyon, Benjamin, early Baptist minister, 34.
Maryland Historical Society, 269.
Matheny, James H., on Lincoln's religion, 133-135, 137;
Herndon's authority for the story of Lincoln's "Burnt Book," 148, 320-321, 343.
Maynard, Nettie Colburn, 232.
McCrie, George M., 226.
McNamur, John, lover of Ann Rutledge, 151.
Medill, Joseph, 269.
Melancholy, Lincoln's habitual, 252.
Methodist Church, little influence in life of the Lincoln family, 48;
Lincoln's high regard for, 240.
Miner, Rev. Dr., 86, 333-334.
Ministers in early Illinois politics, 59-61.
"Miracles under law," 171, 279.
Missouri Compromise, 268.
Morgan, G. H., quoted, 21.
Morse, John T., Jr., author of "Life of Lincoln," 27.
Mostiller, Thomas, on Lincoln's religion, 138, 347-348.
Murray, Lindley, author of English Reader, 32.
Music, little appreciated by Lincoln, 246.
New England, Lincoln visits, 73.
New Light Church at Farmington, 38.
New Salem, Illinois, 51;
influence on Lincoln, 54;
Lincoln's Alma Mater, 67.
Newton, Joseph Fort, author of "Lincoln and Herndon," 26, 129.
Nicolay, John G., author of "Life of Lincoln," 27, 31;
letter concerning Lincoln's religion, 91, 279-280, 321.
Nielson, William, his book on Greek Syntax owned by Lincoln, 183.
Offutt, Denton, 51.
Oldroyd, Osborn H., 208.
Olmsted, Charles G., 76, 358 seq.
Onstott, T. G., reminiscences of New Salem, 54 seq.
Open Court, articles in, 225-227.
Owens, Mary, courted by Lincoln, 52, 69.
Paine, Thomas, author of "Age of Reason," read by Lincoln, 19, 61, 63, 146, 152, 343.
Parker, Theodore, Lincoln reads, 175-178, 288.
Patton, Rev. William W., 268.
Paul at Malta, 260.
Pease, Theodore C., on early Illinois, 56, 59.
Peck, John Mason, preacher in early Illinois, 59.
Peters, Madison, on Religion of Lincoln, 34.
Philosophy, unknown to Lincoln, 171.
Piano, Lincoln helps to move, 250.
Poems loved by Lincoln, 166.
Poetry, Lincoln's use of, 246, 263.
Poetry and religion, 230.
Pomeroy, Rebecca R., 205-206.
Pope, Alexander, 263.
Presbyterian, Thomas Lincoln was not, 37.
Quakers, Lincoln's attitude toward, 88, 236, 237.
Rankin, Henry B., 245.
Ray, Dr. C. H., on Lincoln's religion, 133.
Reed, Rev. James A., his lecture and the controversy which followed, 135 seq.; 158;
text of lecture, 314, 337.
Reid, William, letter on Lincoln's religion, 352-356.
Religion in Kentucky backwoods, 34.
Religion, more and other than theology, 22;
part and parcel of Lincoln's life, 267.
Remsburg, J. E., Herndon's letter to, 336.
Reynolds, Governor, on early Illinois, 57.
Rickard, Sarah, alleged to have been courted by Lincoln, 52.
Riney, Zachariah, teacher of Lincoln, 30.
Roberts, William Henry, 90.
Roby, Katy (Mrs. Allen Gentry), 33.
Roper, R. C., on Lincoln's religion, 227.
Rusling, General James F., on Sickles interview, 201-202.
Rutledge, Ann, courted by Lincoln, 52 seq.; 62, 69, 143, 352.
Rutledge, James, father of Ann, 54.
Science, little known by Lincoln, 171.
Scott, Milton R., 253.
Scott, Walter, Lincoln's use of, 263.
Scoville, Samuel, 199.
Scripps, John Locke, "Life of Lincoln," 24.
Shakspeare, Lincoln's use, 263.
Shields, James T., 72.
Shipman, Elder, alleged Unitarian minister, 181.
Shirley, Ralph, 268.
Shrigley, Rev. James, 356-357.
Sickles, General D. E., interview with Lincoln, 201-202.
Slavery, beginnings of Lincoln's interest in, 72;
growth of moral aspect, 83;
"If not wrong, nothing is wrong," 296.
Smith, Jeannette E., 158.
Smith, Rev. James, Lincoln's pastor at Springfield, 75-76;
relations with Lincoln, 132, 136;
his life and ministry, 156;
his sermon on temperance, 157;
Lincoln becomes a member of his congregation, 159;
Lincoln reads "The Christian's Defence," 162;
change in Lincoln's views, 164;
convinced Lincoln but did not wholly satisfy, 270, 323-324, 353-354;
complete chapter analysis of the book, 358 seq.
Smith, Winfield, 289.
Speed, Joshua Fry, 92-93, 236, 336-337.
Spiritualist, Lincoln not a, 232.
Stanton, Theodore, article by, 226.
State Fair Speech of Lincoln, 257.
Stories, Lincoln's, 80, 263.
Stuart, John T., Lincoln's partner, 71;
on Lincoln's religion, 132, 249, 256, 319-320.
Sunderland, Rev. Byron, 332-333.
Superstition, Lincoln believed in, 233, 236.
Swett, Leonard, 249.
Tarbell, Ida, M., author of "Life of Lincoln," 27.
Teillard, Dorothy Lamon, 129-130, 134.
Thomas, Lewis, 244.
Toleman, letter of, 238.
Unitarian, Lincoln was not, 180, 238.
Universalist, Lincoln was not, 238.
Vandalia, state capital of Illinois, 52.
"Vestiges of Creation," by Robert Chambers, 166-171, 255, 265.
Vinton, Rev. Francis, alleged interview with Lincoln, 206.
Volney, Constantin François, author of "Ruins," read by Lincoln, 19, 61, 63, 146, 152.
Voodoo Fortune-teller, Lincoln visits, 236.
"Ward, Artemus," read by Lincoln, 113, 307.
Watson, Rev. Edward L., story of Lincoln's conversion, 24, 309.
Weik, Jesse W., associate of Herndon in authorship of "Life of Lincoln," 26;
opinion of Thomas Lincoln's religion, 39;
searches for lost Herndon papers, 125.
Welles, Gideon, 268, 281.
Westminster Review, 167, 226.
Whitcomb, Rev. W. W., sermon on Lincoln, 208.
White, Charles T., 80.
White, Horace, 26, 27, 129.
White, William Allen, 110.
Whitney, Henry C., on Lincoln's religion, 94-95;
on Lincoln's lack of method, 103, 246, 247, 254, 263.
Wigwam edition of "Life of Lincoln," 24.
Wilberforce, Bishop Samuel, 170.
Yates, Governor Richard, 310.