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The United States elevated to Glory and Honor

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328: 60:. Stiles refers to the US as an "American Israel, high above all nations which He hath made, in numbers, and in praise, and in name, and in honor", suggesting that the 333: 86:, obedience to God was required for national happiness and prosperity. He summed up his sermon by stating "Holiness ought to be the end of all civil government.". 313: 191: 174: 318: 201: 69: 76:
in the country would go down and that "Slavery may ... in God’s good providence ... be abolished and cease in the land of liberty.".
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And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous ... If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments
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A republic of righteousness : the public Christianity of the post-revolutionary New England clergy
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The sermon ran for 30,000 words (100 pages) and would have taken more than two hours to deliver.
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Three years after the speech, Stiles sent a second, corrected version of the sermon to
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The sermon draws parallels between the United States and the Biblical nation of
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Christian Heritage News website, extracted pages and commentary
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Digital Commons website, University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
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Index

Ezra Stiles
sermon
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut General Assembly
Yale College
Congregationalist
Israel
White Americans
Chosen People
Indians
Africans
Bible
George Washington
Ezra Stiles
Haim Isaac Carigal
Jacob's Pillow-Pillar Stone
Stone of Scone
British Israelism
Lost Ten Tribes
Christian Heritage News website, extracted pages and commentary
Digital Commons website, The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor (1783)
[untitled] The North American Review, (1861-04-01), pages 580-582
A republic of righteousness : the public Christianity of the post-revolutionary New England clergy
ISBN
978-0-19-512989-2
Belcher Foundation website
Digital Commons, online document, page 14
Digital Commons website, University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
Bible Gateway, Deuteronomy Chapter 30, And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous ... If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments
GoodReads website

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