Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?
By Editor
The Truth Seeker, an infidel paper published in New York, is devoting considerable space to a discussion of the question, "Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?" We fail to see that it now makes any material difference whether he was or not. A definite answer to the question would make Christianity neither better nor worse. The opinions of men, however great, or greatly beloved, have nothing to do with the merits of any religious system, and they who seek to strengthen the claims of Christianity by claiming as its adherents men who never made any public profession or faith in its divine Author, only show that they set far too high a value upon the opinions of the great ones of earth; and it seems probable that, could it be shown that certain great men were infidels, their admirers would lose faith in revealed religion. Such should heed the words of the psalmist: "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."