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night with one hand on the Bible and the other on the Constitution of the 

United States�察�a description which could almost be transferred to his great 

predecessor in that court。 Moreover�察�when Lincoln came�察�Joseph Story�察�the 

greatest teacher of law which our country had produced�察�had only just died 

from his place on the Supreme Bench�察�In his Phi Beta Kappa address at 

Harvard       ��1826���察    �in   a    brilliant   and     masterful     analysis     of    ;The 

Characteristics of the Age�察─�he had paid tribute after tribute to the power 

of religion and the Bible。 He had declared his belief that the religion of the 

Bible had ;established itself in the hearts of men by all which genius could 

bring   to   illumine   or   eloquence  to grace its   sublime   truths。;   Of  the   same 

period with Lincoln was also Webster�察�who was called the ;concordance of 



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the   House。;   Many   of   his   stately   periods   and   great   ideas   came   from   the 

Bible。 Indeed�察�there  is no oratory  of our history�察  �which has survived   the 

waste     of  the   years�察 �which     does   not   feel  and   show    the   power    of   the 

Scriptures。 The English Bible has given our finest eloquence its ideas�察�its 

ideals�察�its illustrations�察�its phrases。 

     The line is unbroken。 And it leads to this tall figure�察�crowned with a 

noble     head�察   �his   face   the   saddest     in  American       history�察  �who     knew 

Gethsemane in all its paths。 The heart of the American people has always 

been     touched     by   his  early   years    of  abject    poverty。    But   there   were 

compensations。 He had few books�察�and they entered his blood and fiber。 In 

his earliest formative years there were six books which he read and re´read。 

Nicolay and Hay name the Bible first in the list�察�with Pilgrim's Progress as 

the fourth。 Mr。 Morse calls it a small library�察�but nourishing�察�and says that 

Lincoln absorbed into his own nature all the strong juice of the books。��1�А�

How much he drew from the pages of the Holy Book let any reader of his 

speeches      say。  Quotation�察    �reference�察   �illustration   crowd     each   other。   The 

phrases are familiar。 The man is full of the Book。 And what the man does 

is part of the work of the Book。 

       ��1�А�American Statesman Series�察�Abraham Lincoln�察�i�察�12�察�13。 

       One of his biographers says that there is nothing in the life or work of 

Lincoln which cannot be explained without reference to any supernatural 

influence or power。 That depends on what is meant by supernatural。 There 

were   no   miracles�察  �no   astounding   visions   nor   experiences。   But   there   ran 

into Lincoln's life from his young manhood onward this steady and strong 

current of ideas and ideals from the Bible。 In his second inaugural address 

he worded the thought that was the deepest horror of the Civil War that 

on both sides of the strife men were reading the same Bible�察�praying to the 

same   God�察  �and   invoking   His   aid   against   each   other�   �In   that   very   brief 

inaugural      Mr。   Lincoln     quotes    in  full  three   Bible    verses�察  �and   makes 

reference to two others�察�and the whole address lasted barely four minutes。 

There could be no mistaking the solemn importance of the fact to which 

he   referred   in   the   inaugural�察  �the presence   on  the   other side   of   men   who 

held their Bibles high in regard。 ;Stonewall; Jackson was devout beyond 

most   men。   The   two   books   always   at   his   hand   were   his   Bible   and   the 



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Manual   of   the   Rules   of   War。   Robert   E。   Lee   was   a   cultured�察  �Christian 

gentleman�察  �as   were   many   others   with   him�察  �while   throughout   the   South 

were multitudes who loved and reverenced the Bible as fully as could any 

in the North。 As we look back over half a century�察�this comes out plainly�此�

that   so   far   as   the American   civil   war   was   a   strife   about   union   pure   and 

simple�察�having one nation or two here in our part of the continent�察�it was 

matter     of  judgment�察     �not   of  religion。    There    grew    around     that   question 

certain   others of   national   honor   and   obligation�察 �which   were  not   so   clear 

then   as   now。   But   men   on   opposite   sides   of   the   question   might   read   the 

same Bible without finding authoritative word about it。 In so far�察�however�察�

as the war had at its heart the matter of human slavery�察�it was possible for 

men   to   differ   only   when   one   side   read   the   letter   of   the   Bible   while   the 

other read its manifest spirit。 Written in times when slavery was counted 

matter of course�察�its letter dealt with slavery as a fact。 It could be read as 

though   it   approved   slavery。   But   long   before   this   day   men   had   found   its 

true spirit。 England had abolished slavery ��1808�� under the insistence that 

it was foreign to all right understanding of God's Word。 Lincoln knew its 

letter well�察�he cared for its spirit more�察�and he found his strength not in the 

familiar saying that God was on his side�察�but in the more forceful one that 

he   believed   himself   to   be   on   God's   side。   So   he   became   a   point   around 

which   the   great   fluid   idea   crystallized   into   strengtha   point   made   and 

sustained by the influence of the Bible�察�which he knew only in the King 

James version。 

       We have spoken of some wide movements and of men around whom 

they crystallized�察�finding in them the influence of the Bible。 It will be well 

to note two outstanding traits of the Bible which in English or any other 

tongue   would   inevitably   tend   to   strong   and   favorable   influence   on   the 

history   of   men。   Those   two   traits   are�察  �first�察  �its   essential   democracy�察  �and�察�

secondly�察�its persistent moral appeal。 

     Here   must   be   recalled   that   century   before   the   King   James   version�察�

when by slow filtration the fundamental ideas of the Bible were entering 

English   life。   Surely   it   is   beyond   words   that   the   Bible   made   Puritanism�察�

though it was in strong swing when James came to the throne。 Now John 

Richard Green is well within the fact when he says that ;Puritanism may 



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fairly claim to be the first political system which recognized the grandeur 

of   the   people   as   a   whole。;��1�А  �It�察  �was   the   magnifying   of   the   people   as   a 

whole over against some people as having peculiar rights which marked 

Puritanism�察�and which is democracy。 Shakespeare knew nothing of it�察�and 

had   no   influence on   the   movement   for   larger   democracy。 After   we   have 

said our strong word of Shakespeare's powerful influence upon literature it 

yet   must   be   said   that   it   is   difficult   to   lay  finger  on   one   single   historical 

movement        except     the   literary   one    which    Shakespeare       even    remotely 

influenced。 The Bible�察�meanwhile�察�was absolutely creating this movement。 

Under its influence ;the meanest peasant felt himself ennobled as the child 

of    God�察   �the   proudest     noble    recognized      a  spiritual    equality    with    the 

meanest   saint。;   That   was   the   inevitable   result   of   a   fresh   reading   of   the 

Bible in every home。 It assured each man that he is a son of God�察�equal in 

that sonship with all other men。 It assured him no man has right to lord it 

over     others�察  �as   though    his   relation    to  God    were    peculiar。    Th

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