Hugh Lenox Scott — son William McKendree Scott, and grandson of Charles Hodge — who became a famed U.S. military officer, once wrote that

I was brought up a Presbyterian of the Presbyterians in Princeton within a stone’s throw of Princeton Seminary, the very essence of Presbyterianism in America.

When he graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1876, his grandfather gave him a Bible inscribed with the following message:

Dear Lennie,

• Never pass a day without reading the Bible and calling upon God in prayer.

• Learn to pray always. The Lord Jesus is ever near you. It does not take long to pray: “Lord preserve me: Lord help me; Lord keep me from sin.” We need to say this a hundred times a day.

• Never gamble.

• Never drink intoxicating liquor.

• Never use profane language.

• Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth.

• Never incur debt.

• Live peaceable with all men.

• Never be afraid to confess Christ.

• Let your last words every night be: “I take Jesus Christ to be my God and Saviour.”

• May the blessing of God be upon always and everywhere.

Your loving grandfather,
Charles Hodge
Princeton, Sept. 15, 1876

Source: Paul C. Gutjahr, Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy, p. 320