1923-1929
Though he had always attended church regularly, Coolidge became a member of the Congregational Church only after becoming president. In his autobiography, he wrote: "While there had been religious services, there was no organized church society near my boyhood home. Among other things, I had some fear as to my ability to set that example which I felt always ought to denote the life of a church member." When the congregants of the church he attended in Washington, D.C., voted to extend membership to him in 1923, he was pleased: "This declaration of belief in me was a great satisfaction."
Though famously reticent in discussing his personal beliefs or opinions, Coolidge wrote in his autobiography: "Any man who has been placed in the White House cannot feel that it is the result of his own exertions or his own merit. Some power outside and beyond him becomes manifest through him. As he contemplates the workings of his office, he comes to realize with an increasing sense of humility that he is but an instrument in the hands of God."
Though he had always attended church regularly, Coolidge became a member of the Congregational Church only after becoming president. In his autobiography, he wrote: "While there had been religious services, there was no organized church society near my boyhood home. Among other things, I had some fear as to my ability to set that example which I felt always ought to denote the life of a church member." When the congregants of the church he attended in Washington, D.C., voted to extend membership to him in 1923, he was pleased: "This declaration of belief in me was a great satisfaction."
Though famously reticent in discussing his personal beliefs or opinions, Coolidge wrote in his autobiography: "Any man who has been placed in the White House cannot feel that it is the result of his own exertions or his own merit. Some power outside and beyond him becomes manifest through him. As he contemplates the workings of his office, he comes to realize with an increasing sense of humility that he is but an instrument in the hands of God."
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