was more demonstrative than either of the rest. He always respected
religion, he told one lady. His mother, he said, was a good, praying,
Christian woman, and two of his uncles were Methodist ministers.
To another who urged him to pray for himself, for although “the prayers of
the righteous availeth much,” salvation must necessarily depend upon
himself, he said: “I conceive prayer to exist in every action, every
thought, and considering the eventful life I have led, I cannot say I have
been a praying man. A splendid theme for earnest sermons,” he continued,
“is that divine mandate, ‘Remember thy Creator in the days of thy
youth.’ ”
To another lady he said: “It is not my raising, but from the”