In Lincolns day a Presidents religion was a very private affair. T

In Lincolns day a Presidents religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincolns countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. – David Herbert Donald

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