Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: Fatalist, Skeptic, Atheist or Christian, as Revealed Through Records of Church and State
From the records of this church, and the writings of Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, beloved war-time pastor and intimate friend of Mr. Lin coln, Mrs. Wood has brought to light many unquestionable proofs of the deep spirituality of the President. Such significant statements as those made by Dr. Gurley in the funeral sermon, which he de livered over the dead body of the martyred President, in the East Room of the White House, have been conveniently left undiscussed by biographers who have labored to prove that Mr. Lincoln died an unbeliever. Dr. Gurley's heart was too full of grief to indulge in meaningless words of ?attery. His sermon, from which Mrs. Vvood quotes at length, bears eloquent testimony to the sincere Christian faith of Lincoln.
Dr. Lida B. Earhart of Washington, D. C., for many years a teacher at Columbia University, New York, a distinguished author of textbooks and historical writings, has written the foreword to Mrs. Wood's book. Dr. Earhart says: Mrs. Wood has searched out the evidence which reveals Abraham Lincoln's final religious convictions. She has so presented her findings that they speak for themselves. What they tell us is that the burdened, troubled spirit reached at last the simple essential faith which marked the beginning of the Christian era. Faith in an over-ruling Providence, in the father hood of God and the brotherhood of man.
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