The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-30
POSTS LETTER BOX.

OF personal interest only VIII not be an
viii be gwen. All correspondence should
be addressed TO The Letter Uox, care
Houston Post. Owing TO The arse number
ways be glven promptly
In your Letter Box OF May u. In your
reply TO 4 query about Abraham Lincoln
YOU state that he was Christian he
lever | think Won are wrong about that
In 'lamon's Life of I-ncO,n" | nnd ehe
iollowaasi Mr.. Lincoln Vas never pcm-
htd Of any church. nor did he believe in
the divinity OF Christ OF the iusuration
Of the Scriptures N she sense understood
by Evangallcal Chrts,ians.r ht wrote
agreed with Paine and Noltairo This
book was burned by a friend and never
printe1. lames ~ Matthew, n a letter
Lincoln as easily ae 1851: know he VAS
an inndel." tiuco'n attacked the Rlhlc
qyi New Testament on two grounds:
, rlisi, from me l1s.rsnt or apnnrcnt con-
rrojs Of ' rcaso IN WI in Scoa o SION NJ
not wholly. was an atheist All lt,lN he
S S.Ss ,iaS on ,,,,,.o, His own vie sam he
81 Re 50 kind az 20 print this 50 thai, Mr..
,ss same as THAI ht,1 Nv, Thomas Paine,
sincerely, c. $, Linco'n. NJ. u,
While a few OF Mr. lnccln's hi,anrh.
crs make sttrcments Ike those quoted
stan.iate the assertion made nv the Lett
ter BOX clltor-tha' Lincoln vas = Chris
tan believer. though not a mombcr of
any church, Here is what ons writer
says; "Thc nNig!ors views OF Mr. Linz
coin were simply u reflex Of his own char.
acier, lie believed III God. as the Sill
PRONE Ruler OF the world. the glilcr Of
mon and controller OF the preat events
ard aea,inles OF mankind" Mr. Llnvoin
uhantng rhe negroes of Baltimore. WHO
In 1854 presented him with RlMe. sS!i;
This rrcat book Is the best gift Goa
has given to man. All the eoo1 from the
savior of the world Is communicated
through this book" LIueoln may have
been an infitlcl in his early manhood hut
there Is every reasoa 10 believe that he
adhered to ;ho Chus,ian doctrine durlna
the lattor part OF his NE.
what was thu "He" Rlblep the
"1'reacie Bible? The "Wooden Log Bihle?
Tho first two were due to typoeraphical
errors For Instance, the "Ho" 1lble Is
,hus known because in Ruth 81. Is, the
composator unsexed Ruth. and makes her
Ne" This blundcr was priutel IN l6ll
The cdlt,on In which the word Is corrected
~ '''"' - NV ''"'N ~
Ireacle' Bible Is the one ~ which fhe
balm of Gilend" Jeremiah WIN Is made
10 rc1"' i"'i' - Nv "."'e V''V'" q"
Ghland.' Nhcn thH double hluuder "as
made. In l517. translator ami printer were
hela 10 task. ana al the comics wcre do
s,royed, hut some fcw escaped. "Treacle'
or "ir,aole" ia not. after all such bluG-
dow because in the sxtc,n,h century
tfoaclo meant any kind OF an antidote. or
a mixture which assuazcl raiu. Gaaad
was perhaps tho ccluposltor's uisial.
The 'Wooion Leg" Bible IS SO called
from a picture. where sa,an with that
conspicuous, tail which heionps 10 The
,art. sports wooden Ieg. hut why OF
woo" mere may ne many su'miN', N,
du'teH ~ o''e Is 'h"' N INC fnSla"'
81 'h"' 'l"'e th're "e'e numerous so'''.FS
VINO were ramps ana some had woodeh
'EH "'u tau traits
l. b. true Inn. tho new 81 81 ,n1 q Gil
Yer certificates are TO be rc,,rrdY II SO
why? TOY.
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