Lincoln Story Book, The

<h3>"IF IT WILL DO THE PRESIDENT GOOD--"</h3> <p>G. H. Stuart, chief of the Christian Commission, was a Bible distributer during the war. The organization had a special soldiers' Bible called the Cromwell one, whose mixture of warrior and preacher seemed to couple him with Abraham Lincoln. The soldiers usually accepted a copy without pressing, though some said they preferred a cracker. But one man, a Philadelphian, like Stuart himself, rejected the offer. Among the colporteur's arguments, however, was one that overcame him.</p> <p>"I'll tell you that I commenced my tract distribution at the White House, and the first person I offered one to was Abraham Lincoln. He took it and promised to read it."</p> <p>"I'll take one," promptly cried the man; "if the President thought it would do <i>him</i> good, it won't hurt me!" <br/> <br/> <br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />