The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-04-26

| those who shall succeed me in their
full force and vigor.
James X. Polk, during his last
| sickness, but a short time before his
| death, received the rite of baptism
at the hands of Methodist clergy
man, who was an old neighbor and
| friend. In his inaugural address he
said: Again humbly supplicating
that Divine Being Who has watched
over and protected our beloved
country from its infancy to the pres
| ent hour, to continue His gracious
| benedictions upon us that we may
| continue to be prosperous and hap
| Ply people"
Zachary Taylor was not COM
| municant in any Christian Church,
and it is not known that he ever ex-
pressed any preference for any par
ticular denomination. Closing his
| inaugural he said: I'm conclusion
l congratulate you, my fellow citi-
zens, upon the high state of prosper
| ity to which the goodness of Divine
Providence has conducted our COM
mon country. Let us invoke con-
tinuance of the same protecting
! care"
Willard Fillmore's biographer said
of him: He was a sound, practical
Christian without knowing it, In
closing his first message to congress
he used the following beautiful SEN
tence: Il rely upon Him, Who
holds in His hands the destinies of
nations, to endow me with the requi-
site strength for the task, and to
avert from our country the evils ap-
pretended from the heavy calamity
which has befallen US
Franklin Pierce attended the Con-
gregational Church, but was not a
communicate. In closing his inau-
gural address he said: Standing as
| do almost within view of the
green slopes of Monticello, and, as
it were, within reach of the tomb of
Washington, we all cherish mem
cries of the past, the gathering round
me, like so many eloquent voices of
eXhortation from Heaven, l can ex-
press no better hope for my country
than that the kind Providence which
smiled upon our fathers may enable
their children to preserve the bless
ings which they have inherited"
James Buchanan was unmistak-
ably believer, as shown by the OPP
ening sentence of his inaugural, in
which he said: In entering upon
this great office l most humbly in
woke the God of my fathers for wis
dom and firmness to execute these
high and responsible duties
Abraham Lincoln was an attend
ant at one of the PRESBYTERIAN
churches, but not communicate.
His faith he has outlined thus: The
Almighty has His Own purposes
Woe unto the world because of of
lenses. For it must needs be that
offenses come; but woe to that man
by whom the offense cometh' "
Andrew Johnson. But little has
been said concerning his religious
beliefs. When he took the oath of
office as president he said: MY life
as a public servant has been a la
borious one, duties have been mine.
consequences have been Gods"
Ulysses S. Grant was a Methodist:
He closed his first inaugural with the
following: In conclusion, l ask pa
tient forbearance one toward anoth-
er throughout the land, and a de-
termined effort on the part of every
citizen to do his share toward ce-
menting a happy union, and l ask
the prayers of the nation to Almigh-
ty God in behalf of this consumma-
ton
Rutherford B. Hayes was a Meth !
odist. He was a man who was re-
garded as having strong religious !
opinions, and who devoted much of
his time to eleemosynary works.
James A. Garfield was a men, |
Der of the Disciples Church. He was
designated in the religious body of |
which he was a member as lay