INDEX

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].