Lincoln and religion

[ReignetteC]

Re: "What a sublime picture was this! A ruler of a mighty nation going to the pages of the Bible . . . for comfort and courage."

A few weeks after President Lincoln's death, a "deeply afflicted" Mrs. Lincoln wrote a note of thanks to two volunteer nurses who came to the Executive Mansion to give her a Bible that was originally intended for the president. (She was too distraught to meet with them.)

". . . I am very sure my Beloved Husband would have been most grateful for the gift of a Bible-a book so very dear to him, and which it was his delight to read."