Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), served as a statesman and as a diplomat to Russia under both President Lincoln and President Grant. He was a strong opponent of slavery and greatly involved in the abolitionist movement. Cassius Marcellus Clay declared:

"The Bible, the record of Divine Revelation, is the one Book of religion and morals. Of all religious systems the Christian is most in unison with the law of God and the needs of man. The spirit of God inspires all living things. Jesus Christ is the leading inspiration, and is, therefore Divine." ¹

¹ Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987), p. 86.