New York World--Boston Globe--Chicago Herald--Manford's Magazine--Herald and Review--Chambers's Encyclopedia-- Encyclopedia Britannica--People's Library of Information-- The World's Sages--Every-Day Life of Lincoln--Hon. Jesse W. Weik--Chas. W. French--Cyrus O. Poole--A Citizen of Springfield--Henry Walker--Win. Bissett--Frederick Heath-- Rev. Edward Eggleston--Rev. Robert Collyer--Allen Thorndike Rice--Robert C. Adams--Theodore Stanton-Geo. M. McCrie--Gen. M. M. Trumbull--Rev. David Swing, D.D.--Rev. J. Lloyd Jones-- Rev. John W. Chadwick. The matter selected for this chapter is of a miscellaneous nature, consisting of the statements of those who, for the most part, are not known to have been personally acquainted with Lincoln. It embraces the opinions of journalists, encyclopedists, biographers, and others. If their words cannot be accepted as the testimony of competent witnesses, they may at least be regarded as the verdict of honest jurors. NEW YORK WORLD. In the New York _World_, fifteen years ago, appeared the following: "While it may fairly be said that Mr. Lincoln entertained many Christian sentiments, it cannot be said that he was himself a Christian in faith or practice. He was no disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. He did not believe in his divinity and was not a member of his church. He was at first a writing Infidel of the school of Paine and Volney, and afterward a talking Infidel of the school of Parker and Channing." Alluding to the friendly attitude he assumed toward the church and Christianity during the war, this article concludes: "If the churches had grown cold--if the Christians had taken a stand aloof--that instant the Union would have perished; Mr. Lincoln regulated his religious manifestations accordingly. He declared frequently that he would do _anything_ to save the Union, and among the many things he did was the partial concealment of his individual religious opinions. Is this a blot upon his fame? Or shall we all agree that it was a conscientious and patriotic sacrifice?" BOSTON GLOBE. As evidence of Lincoln's piety, we are referred to a picture where Lincoln, with his son Tad, is supposed to be reverentially poring over the pages of the Bible. The history of this picture, however, has often been explained, and its apparently religious character shown to be quite secular. The Boston _Globe_, in a recent issue, says: "The pretty little story about the picture of President Lincoln and his son Tad reading the Bible is now corrected for the one-hundredth time. The Bible was Photographer Brady's picture album, which the President was examining with his son while some ladies stood by. The artist begged the President to remain quiet and the picture was taken. The truth is better than fiction, even if its recital conflicts with a pleasing theory." CHICAGO HERALD.