Abe Lincoln and His Ancestors by Ida Tarbell

[Gene C]

Another section of the book I found interesting had to do with the local church in Indiana. It's only about 4 pages

https://archive.org/details/infootstepso...e+Lincolns

She ends this section with the following comment ...
"Abraham Lincoln never joined Pigeon Church. Its peculiar ceremonies made little or no impression upon him; but that he pondered deeply the articles of faith, and the in- terpretation given them by those he heard in the pulpit, and in the constant discussion of them that went on at his own and neighboring firesides, is certain. It is certain, too, that out of this pondering there came a deep reverence for the spirit of Christianity and a code of conduct for his relations with men and women as nearly in accord with the spirit of the Gospels, as high, as noble, as generous as that which has regulated the life of any man in the public life of this or any other country."