For many years I was well acquainted with the Hon. Jesse W. Fell, one of Lincoln's warmest friends. Mr. Fell often came to my house and we had many talks about the religious belief of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Fell told me that Lincoln did not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and that he denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Mr. Fell was very liberal in his own ideas, a great admirer of Theodore Parker and a perfectly sincere and honorable man. For several years I was well acquainted with William G. Green, who was a clerk with Lincoln at New Salem in the early days, and who admired and loved Lincoln with all his heart. Green told me that Lincoln was always an Infidel, and that he had heard him argue against the Bible hundreds of times. Mr. Green knew Lincoln, and knew him well, up to the time of Lincoln's death. The Hon. James Tuttle of Illinois was a great friend of Lincoln, and he is, if living, a friend of mine, and I am a friend of his. He knew Lincoln well for many years, and he told me again and again that Lincoln was an Infidel. Mr. Tuttle is a Freethinker himself and has always enjoyed the respect of his neighbors. A man with purer motives does not live. So I place great reliance on the testimony of Col. John G. Nicolay. Six weeks after Mr. Lincoln's death Colonel Nicolay said that he did not in any way change his religious ideas, opinions or belief from the time he left Springfield until the day of his death. In addition to all said by the persons I have mentioned, Mrs. Lincoln said that her husband _was not a Christian_. There are many other witnesses upon this question whose testimony can be found in a book entitled "Abraham Lincoln, was he a Christian?" written by John E. Remsburg, and published in 1893. In that book will be found all the evidence on both sides. Mr. Remsburg states the case with great clearness and demonstrates that Lincoln was not a Christian. Now, what is a Christian? First. He is a believer in the existence of God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe. Second. He believes in the inspiration of the Old and New Testaments. Third. He believes in the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ; that the Holy Ghost was his father. Fourth. He believes that this Christ was offered as a sacrifice for the sins of men, that he was crucified, dead and buried, that he arose from the dead and that he ascended into heaven. Fifth. He believes in the "fall of man," in the scheme of redemption through the atonement. Sixth. He believes in salvation by faith, that the few are to be eternally happy, and that the many are to be eternally damned. Seventh. He believes in the Trinity, in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Now, is there the slightest evidence to show that Lincoln believed in the inspiration of the Old and New Testaments? Has anybody said that he was heard to say that he so believed?