SECTION I.--The great theme of the Old Testament prophets was the coming of the Messiah. The Christian maintains that these prophecies found an accomplishment in Christ. This denied by the Jew and the infidel. Mr. English's argument to show that Jesus was not the Messiah. First, on account of His genealogy, and, second, because the prophecies of the Old Testament found no accomplishment in Him. Mr. English's argument refuted in all its particulars. Jesus proved to be the true Messiah. The Messiahship of Jesus Christ being proved, it proves that the Bible is a revelation from God. Closing address 324 APPENDIX Starkie's confutation of Hume's argument on evidence 362 APPENDIX VIII LINCOLN AND THE CHURCHES By JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY NOTE.--Some of the important material bearing upon Lincoln's religious convictions which was collected by Nicolay and Hay and published in the _Century Magazine_, has, through faulty indexing, been almost lost. The words "churches" and "religion" are not in the thick index in the tenth volume of their great work. Finding in the _Century Magazine_ for August, 1889, an important article on this subject, I searched in vain for any way of finding it in the book by means of the index, and two librarians, working in separate libraries, searched for it and reported to me that it was not in the book. I came to the conclusion that in the editing of the work for its publication in book form, the two former secretaries of the President had deemed some of this matter too personal for their title, "Abraham Lincoln: a History." But I have discovered the missing passage in the sixth volume, pages 314-342. Its testimony is in full accord with that subsequently given by Mr. Hay in the address delivered by him from Mr. Lincoln's old pew, which is printed in the volume of John Hay's addresses. The article in the _Century_ is so important that the first and last portions of it will justify reprinting here. The omitted portions relate to the relations of Mr. Lincoln and of the Government to particular churches or denominations. W. E. B.