Phineas Densmore Gurley

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The Rev. Dr. Phineas Gurley, pastor of NYAPC, 1860-1868, was a spiritual advisor to Abraham Lincoln
The Rev. Dr. Phineas Gurley, pastor of NYAPC, 1860-1868, was a spiritual advisor to Abraham Lincoln

Phineas Densmore Gurley was Chaplain of the United States Senate and pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. This church was attended regularly by President Abraham Lincoln and his family. Dr. Gurley was at Lincoln's bedside when Lincoln died. He presided over the funeral as well.

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http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=49&subjectID=2

David Rankin Barbee, "President Lincoln and Doctor Gurley", The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, March 1948, Volume. V, No. 1.

Allen C. Guelzo, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, p. 321.

David Hein, "A Sermon Lincoln Heard: P. D. Gurley's 'Man's Projects and God's Results.'" Lincoln Herald 89 (1987): 161-66.

DeWitt Jones, Lincoln and the Preachers, p. 37.