President Ulysses S. Grant, who was the first to hold the rank of General of the Army and wear the four silver star insignia, wrote during his illness in 1884:
“I believe in the Holy Scriptures, and whoso lives by them will be benefited thereby.
Men may differ as to the interpretation, which is human, but the Scriptures are man’s best guide …
I did not go riding yesterday, although invited and permitted by my physicians, because it was the Lord’s day, and because I felt that if a relapse should set in, the people who are praying for me would feel that I was not helping their faith by riding out on Sunday …
Yes, I know, and I feel very grateful to the Christian people of the land for their prayers in my behalf. There is no sect or religion, as shown in the Old or New Testament, to which this does not apply.”