One of Mr. Lincoln’s notable religious utterances was his reply to a
deputation of colored people at Baltimore who presented him a Bible. He
said:
“In regard to the great book, I have only to say it is the best gift
which God has ever given man. All the good from the Savior of the world
is communicated to us through this book. But for this book we could not
know right from wrong. All those things desirable to man are contained
in it.”