AL and God

[Eva Elisabeth]

This is basically what I once replied to a similar statement claiming Abraham Lincoln had no strong faith.

I think the war and Willie's death seriously and increasingly drew him to God and the bible in later life.

This is what Mary told Herndon in Sept.1866:

"...he said — 'I shall rule myself — shall obey my own Conscience and follow God in it.' Mr Lincoln had no hope & no faith in the usual acceptation of those words: he never joined a Church: he was a religious man always, as I think: he first thought — to say think — about this subject was when Willie died — never before. he felt religious More than Ever about the time he went to Gettysburg: he was not a technical Christian: he read the bible a good deal about 1864."

Please also check out this site: http://abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abra...lns-faith/

Now I have a question - is anything known or assumed about Robert's faith? I can't help it, all I read about him makes me feel he was a rather cold-hearted, matter-of-fact person, and somehow I can't imagine he was a convinced believer, but I sure might be wrong (and a little prejudiced, however, I find he acted that way in the insanity affair).